Kant

[Terrance]

Dave Monroe wrote:
> 
> ... ah, yes, what the "legacy of [my, or Doug's, or ...]
> 'interpretations' might be capable of."  And the continual invocation of
> the "ad hominem" and accusations of hermeneutic fascism in lieu of any
> serious engagement with anything anybody might actually be writing here
> cliches it.  You, sir, Mr. jbor, sir, are an Ayn Rand fan, former,
> crypto, or closeted, and I claim my prize.  Now please just call me a
> "Kantian mindkiller" an be done with it, will you?  Thank you, and
> sheesh ...

This method of watching, or rather provoking, a conflict of
assertions, not for the purpose of deciding in favor of one
of the other side, but of investigating whether 
the object of controversy is not perhaps a deceptive
appearance which each vainly strives to grasp, and in regard
to which, even if there were no opposition to be overcome,
neither can arrive at any result, --this procedure, I say,
may be entitled the SKEPTICAL METHOD. It is altogether
different from Skepticism principle of technical and
scientific ignorance, which undermines the foundations of
all knowledge, and strives in all possible ways to destroy
its reliability and steadfastness. For the skeptical method
aims at certainty. It seeks to discover the point of
misunderstanding in the case of disputes which are sincerely
and competently conducted by both sides. 

						--Kant, Critique of Pure Reason