This is from Paul Bloom's review of Kwame Anthony Appiah's new book on the uses and abuses of experimental philosophy:
Near the end of the book, Appiah says that when he tells a stranger on a plane that he is a philosopher, he often gets the question, "So, what's your philosophy?" He answers, "My philosophy is that everything is more complicated than you thought."
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For some reason, this reminds me of a comment I heard today from Rush Limbaugh. He was excoriating John McCain and referencing Shwarzennager's (sp?) endorsement of him.
He refered to Arnold as a member of the "left wing" of the Republican party.
It reminded me of Limbaugh's antics during the Republican ousting of then California governor, Gray Davis 5-6 years ago. There was a very solid conservative candidate who I supported whose name is Tom McClintock. I truly believed that if the Republican Party and the likes of Limbaugh had supported McClintock, he could have won and by now the budget of the state would be in better shape than it currently is. But the Grand ol' Party and Limbaugh decided to back sure shot, Arnold and of course he won.
So Limbaugh is engaged, as everyone else in the world is, in situational ethics. It makes me wonder if true principles ever have a chance.
And it makes me laugh when Republican pundits pretend that they have principles beyond that of staying employed.
Someone once told me that the point of getting a PhD (for that matter, studying anything), is to really assess exactly how much it is that you don't know. Which is a lot.
Okay, so this is only marginally related, but it's funny:
http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=905