a little philosophy joke.

[Keith Davis]

It's like a Monty Python bit.

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> On Mar 14, 2016, at 9:37 PM, Robert Mahnke <rpmahnke at gmail.com> wrote:
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> i don't get it
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>> On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 4:17 AM, Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Perfect...
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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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