tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9242710.post2982314405781512829..comments2023-10-31T07:23:17.922-04:00Comments on The Theos Project: Heidegger and the questionJonathan Erdmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04234688186113838474noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9242710.post-29794526025937661002010-12-14T19:12:30.740-05:002010-12-14T19:12:30.740-05:00Hello, would you by any chance know who Benjamin W...Hello, would you by any chance know who Benjamin Waters is, how to get in touch with him and why is his website down?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9242710.post-91721197073480930192007-04-05T15:13:00.000-04:002007-04-05T15:13:00.000-04:00Yes, that's indeed the gist of it!The debate was k...Yes, that's indeed the gist of it!<BR/>The debate was kicked of by Sir Philip Sidney's "Defence of Poesie" and it was a rich debate about what poetry itself (and art in general) consisted of, was there any element of creativity or was it just a mix-n-match of the already extant forms? - the ideas run all the way back to Plato...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12014124722441378520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9242710.post-55234212828356032902007-04-05T14:12:00.000-04:002007-04-05T14:12:00.000-04:00Sam -I need enlightenment on the mimesis-poiesis d...Sam -<BR/><BR/>I need enlightenment on the mimesis-poiesis debate. Is this idea of answering questions a mimesis thing, because all the answerable questions exist implicitly in the world? Versus poetry which is unprecedented creation? And what did the Brits have to say? <BR/><BR/>Johnjohn doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05484728969355294193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9242710.post-6419722370436159282007-04-05T13:05:00.000-04:002007-04-05T13:05:00.000-04:00quit joshing, after Ockham, that's the closest the...quit joshing, after Ockham, that's the closest the Brits came to talking philosophy for nigh 500 years!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12014124722441378520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9242710.post-53559836612909954362007-04-05T10:34:00.000-04:002007-04-05T10:34:00.000-04:00Yeah, I agree with you Sam. And I think there is d...Yeah, I agree with you Sam. And I think there is definitely something here to explore in this regards......Wait, what was that debate about, again???Jonathan Erdmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04234688186113838474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9242710.post-25733207201428155302007-04-05T10:12:00.000-04:002007-04-05T10:12:00.000-04:00It's funny but here Heidegger sounds as though he ...It's funny but here Heidegger sounds as though he is back in the mimesis-poeisis debate of the 16C.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12014124722441378520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9242710.post-43849152351116139392007-04-02T15:55:00.000-04:002007-04-02T15:55:00.000-04:00That's certainly how empirical science works. It's...That's certainly how empirical science works. It's trivializing to dismiss science as a puzzle-solving exercise, because that's just looking at the process of finding the answers. The real scientific creativity is in asking an interesting question that can actually be answered. Finding out the answer is just technicianship.john doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05484728969355294193noreply@blogger.com