Guest guest Posted May 30, 2001 Report Share Posted May 30, 2001 I think what you are talking about is induction, only ever interestingly put by Russel in 'the problems of Philosophy'. Read teh chapter 'on induction', but it follows somthing like this: Just becasue somthing happens every (like the sun rising) day doesn't mean that it will always do so. He used the example of the chicken who is fed everyday but then eventually and so goes towards it's owner becasue being fed is always what has happened. But then on the last day it's inducement is proved wrong and instead of being fed it's neck is wrung and it is eaten. BTW, I think Russel was veggie, this is just illustration of a point! vegan-network, alwbarnes@t... wrote: > >________yeh - post me your essay! > do it directly to me if you want - it might rekindle my lost interest in what could be a fabulous subject. > I wanna do another degree so if i can find a decent philosphy course then i could do that! > > I got bored with the 'we could all wake up tomorrow and all the things we see could have halved in size and how would we know? > Andy > BTW - don't answer that (unless you can make it interesting!) > > > ____ > >Jim Higson > >¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ > >I'mdoing A-level philo. It's great!!!! > > > >Butthen we are doing ethics. > >Epistomology ethics, Descarets. > > > >Iwrote an essay on animal rights, I'll try to did it out for you, > >canwe post files here? > > > > > > > > > > > > > >---In vegan-network, Mavreela <nec.listsm...> wrote: > > > >Didphilosophy A level. > >Muchof it is rubbish, I wanted to do 'ethics' really. > > > >You'd love it at Hull then, most of the course is made up of ethics > >modules. I don't suppose you'd want to take my moral philosophy > >examnext > >week then? > > > >There isn't much on animal rights although I did have to write a > >dialogue > >between Descartes and a chimpanzee on the ethics of vivisection as > >an > >essay. Next year I have environmental philosophy and Indian > >philosophy > >modules so maybe it will come up more in those. > > > >And to Lola I'd just say make sure you are going to the right uni > >foryour > >interests. Philosophy is such a varied course that most courses > >tendto > >predominate in one to two particular areas (such as ethics) which > >canbe > >hell if you don't have the same preferences. > > > >Michael > > > > > >To from this group, send an email to: > >vegan-network- > > > > > > > >Youruse of is subject to <aTarget='_new' Href > > Andrew Barnes > 07970 075905 > > -------------------- > talk21 your FREE portable and private address on the net at http://www.talk21.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 30, 2001 Report Share Posted May 30, 2001 yeh - I have got an A-level in it yer know! > I think what you are talking about is induction, only ever >interestingly put by Russel in 'the problems of Philosophy'. Read teh >chapter 'on induction', but it follows somthing like this: > >Just becasue somthing happens every (like the sun rising) day doesn't >mean that it will always do so. He used the example of the chicken >who is fed everyday but then eventually and so goes towards it's >owner becasue being fed is always what has happened. But then on the >last day it's inducement is proved wrong and instead of being fed >it's neck is wrung and it is eaten. > >BTW, I think Russel was veggie, this is just illustration of a point! > > > > >vegan-network, alwbarnes@t... wrote: > >________yeh - post me your essay! > do it directly to me if you want - it might rekindle my lost >interest in what could be a fabulous subject. > I wanna do another degree so if i can find a decent philosphy >course then i could do that! > > I got bored with the 'we could all wake up tomorrow and all the >things we see could have halved in size and how would we know? > Andy > BTW - don't answer that (unless you can make it interesting!) > > > ____ > >Jim Higson > >¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ > >I'mdoing A-level philo. It's great!!!! > > > >Butthen we are doing ethics. > >Epistomology ethics, Descarets. > > > >Iwrote an essay on animal rights, I'll try to did it out for you, > >canwe post files here? > > > > > > > > > > > > > >---In vegan-network, Mavreela <nec.listsm...> wrote: > > > >Didphilosophy A level. > >Muchof it is rubbish, I wanted to do 'ethics' really. > > > >You'd love it at Hull then, most of the course is made up of >ethics > >modules. I don't suppose you'd want to take my moral philosophy > >examnext > >week then? > > > >There isn't much on animal rights although I did have to write a > >dialogue > >between Descartes and a chimpanzee on the ethics of vivisection as > >an > >essay. Next year I have environmental philosophy and Indian > >philosophy > >modules so maybe it will come up more in those. > > > >And to Lola I'd just say make sure you are going to the right uni > >foryour > >interests. Philosophy is such a varied course that most courses > >tendto > >predominate in one to two particular areas (such as ethics) which > >canbe > >hell if you don't have the same preferences. > > > >Michael > > > > > >To from this group, send an email to: > >vegan-network- > > > > > > > >Youruse of is subject to <aTarget='_new' Href > > Andrew Barnes > 07970 075905 > > -------------------- > talk21 your FREE portable and private address on the net at ><a Target='_new' Href='http://talk21.btopenworld.com/redirect.html?http://www.talk21.com'>http://\ www.talk21.com</a> > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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