tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7461948747659071092.post5119266467608464324..comments2023-09-29T02:49:02.989-07:00Comments on An Emphatic Umph: We Begin in the Middle, AlwaysDaniel Coffeenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03912050391869734890noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7461948747659071092.post-25860018670774406312014-06-25T04:58:18.422-07:002014-06-25T04:58:18.422-07:00I found your podcast lectures on iTunes searching ...I found your podcast lectures on iTunes searching Maurice Maralow Ponty after hearing Hubert Dreyfus mention him in an interview and noticing that he didn't have any lectures on Ponty. I liked Dreyfus's lectures on Heidegger, and Dreyfus said Ponty comes next, so I took his word for it. <br /><br />Dreyfus is a real stickler for terminology so he set me up to think more deeply about the use of language. Some times I attend philosophy discussion groups and I'm blown away by the disregarded for nuance between synonyms. People are always swopping one word for another like it ant no thing.<br /><br />It took me a long time but I started to realize that terminology isn't all that important. The overlaps between one philosophy and another are in spite of similarities in terminology not because of them.<br /><br />It is true though, you can't just swop<br />one word for another just because some one says there synonymous. <br /><br />I was introduced to Deleuze and Bergson through your podcasts, but I was also blown away by how many of my old friends you were reping, McLuhan, Ginsberg, Burrows, ect. always with a fresh take. <br /><br />After I listened to the lectures I decided to read the books. I started with cinama 1 and a thousand plateaus, and I found that they where harder then hell to read. <br />I went and got, what is philosophy, that was cool. Most of the time I felt like I was wasting my time, but I finally got it.<br /><br />I was looking for something and I found it in your lectures so I continued to read your blog. It was something I needed. It was a very specific moment for me. I don't think I could have found it under any other circumstances. That was my path. Now it connects with every thing else in my life. <br /><br />The effectiveness of multivalent rhetoric should not be evaluated the same way classical rhetoric is.<br />The thing is that multivalent rhetoric isn't like other forms of rhetoric. It's not about getting what you want, it's about discovering what you want, and much more. It's also about discovering the limits of the infinite.<br />dustygravelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01877215902611486889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7461948747659071092.post-46513720400089135162014-06-24T23:49:40.618-07:002014-06-24T23:49:40.618-07:00The reality is I'm not much for online dating;...The reality is I'm not much for online dating; I just find the rhetorical challenge intense.<br /><br />But when I do dally and find myself fancying a lady, I do indeed send her my blog. I figure: if she can tolerate me after reading me, I'm more likely to get out of there alive. Daniel Coffeenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03912050391869734890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7461948747659071092.post-83639182871533099952014-06-24T09:58:54.050-07:002014-06-24T09:58:54.050-07:00You could always point them to your blog via a lin...You could always point them to your blog via a link. Let 'em read it then see how many nibbles you get. Or not.<br /><br />Jim H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02088100982761595050noreply@blogger.com