a little philosophy joke.

[Keith Davis]

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On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 5:30 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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