[WikiEN-l] Re: Larry's text on the "Knowledge" article

Thu Apr 17 22:27:05 UTC 2003

Rotem Dam wrote:

>OK, ok you guys don't seem to get the point of my
>post. What I meant was that ANY philosophical text, is
>inappropriate for an ENCYCLOPEDIA, because it's
>obviously cannot become consensus, and will always
>remain merely a POV.

This dilemma was examined by the philosopher Woody Allen, who 
proposed the following course catalog description for a class on 
philosophy in which "Everyone from Plato to Camus is read and the 
following topics are covered":

>Ethics : The categorical imperative, and six ways to make it work for you.
>Aesthetics : Is art the mirror of life, or what?
>Metaphysics : What happens to the soul after death? How does it manage?
>Epistemology : Is knowledge knowable? If not, how do we know this?
>The absurd : Why existence is often considered silly, particularly 
>for men who wear brown-and-white shoes.

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