a little philosophy joke.

[Mark Kohut]

I will tell you a philosophical joke. Once upon a time, a visiting scholar
presented a lecture on the topic: ‘How many philosophical positions are
there in principle?’ ‘In principle,’ he began, ‘there are exactly 12
philosophical positions.’ A voice called from the audience: ‘Thirteen.’
‘There are,’ the lecturer repeated, ‘*exactly* 12 possible philosophical
positions; not one less and not one more.’ ‘Thirteen,’ the voice from the
audience called again. ‘Very well, then,’ said the lecturer, now
perceptibly irked, ‘I shall proceed to enumerate the 12 possible
philosophical positions. The first is sometimes called “naive realism”. It
is the view according to which things are, by and large, very much the way
that they seem to be.’ ‘Oh,’ said the voice from the audience. Then
‘Fourteen!’
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