[lbo-talk] Atheism and Barbarians: Towards a Reasonable Understanding

Miles Jackson cqmv at pdx.edu
Mon Dec 22 11:44:43 PST 2003


On Mon, 22 Dec 2003, Michael Dawson -PSU wrote:


> As Lukacs once said, whatever academic games we might be playing in our
> heads, when there is a speeding car approaching and we're standing on the
> curb, we're all realists and pragmatists.

Oh Jesus, not this again: the hard-nosed Dr. Johnson kicking a stone to demonstrate that the world exists. Given that the speeding car is a percept, even a staunch idealist like Berkeley would get out of the way: but do you see that this does not refute B's idealism?

Miles



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