Subj : Bible
To   : Frank Masingill
From : Curtis Johnson
Date : Sun Oct 29 2000 06:42 pm

 CJ> As any professional philosopher well knows, it doesn't take
 CJ> much slippage in clarity to introduce confusion.

 FM> Quite true; that is the reason I attempt to be very careful
 FM> to read "professional" philosophers just as I read and listen to all
 FM> other thinkers - with as much criticism as I can bring to bear.  As

	As you probably know, the analytic school of philosophy was
much concerned with this very issue.  It makes for rather dry reading,
but it is important work for the philosophical entreprise.  One should
always be aware, of course, that what a particular term means to one
philosopher may be quite different from what it means to another.
"God" is but one notorious example.

 FM> you well know, my first introduction and still my guide in the world
 FM> of critical thought is Eric Voegelin who was not a "professional"
 FM> philosopher but a "professional" political scientist.  The myriad of
 FM> his students (a growing body) are thankful that he was not impressed
 FM> by academic titles - even his own!

	His peculiar usage of "gnostic" is another example--but we've
already been through that, haven't we?




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