tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post5773669837493821559..comments2023-10-26T22:06:11.166+11:00Comments on Metamagician3000: On What MattersRussell Blackfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12431324430596809958noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-31966784245484893352011-07-15T01:59:20.035+10:002011-07-15T01:59:20.035+10:00Review of On What Matters by Simon Blackburn is av...Review of On What Matters by Simon Blackburn is available here:<br />http://www.phil.cam.ac.uk/~swb24/reviews/Parfitfinal.htm<br /><br />Warning:<br />** May contain spoilers **Felixnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-86279433613497409312011-05-21T16:01:18.080+10:002011-05-21T16:01:18.080+10:00I've started reading the online draft he still...I've started reading the online draft he still has up. Found it by searching "Parfit "On What Matters" Draft". I'm very glad you led me to it for the Sidgwick quotes in the preface alone.strangebeastyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17923942326244143108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-25990518871678619332011-05-21T10:39:30.246+10:002011-05-21T10:39:30.246+10:00Sure - let us know.Sure - let us know.Russell Blackfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12431324430596809958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-1573479508160632242011-05-21T02:07:01.012+10:002011-05-21T02:07:01.012+10:00My copy is due in the post any day now. I'll b...My copy is due in the post any day now. I'll be doing some posts on it in the coming weeks if anyone's interested.John Danaherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06761686258507859309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-11995808699209167192011-05-21T01:43:09.086+10:002011-05-21T01:43:09.086+10:00Gödel, Escher, Bach has regularly featured high up...Gödel, Escher, Bach has regularly featured high up on my Big List of Books Kassul Wants that I e-mail out to friends/family as my birthday/Christmas approaches.<br /><br />I haven't gotten it yet.<br /><br />When I do finally get it, I'll take your advice and schedule appropriately. Plus I'll just not get some of the ideas in it :P<br />Ah well.Kassulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-21493024843423468512011-05-20T20:56:19.108+10:002011-05-20T20:56:19.108+10:00Psst, here's a secret: I, too, have never mana...Psst, here's a secret: I, too, have never managed to get all the way through <i>Gödel, Escher, Bach</i>. A long way, but not all the way. :(Russell Blackfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12431324430596809958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-83316671397273217992011-05-20T18:44:07.118+10:002011-05-20T18:44:07.118+10:00"It looks more like the sort of book where yo...<i>"It looks more like the sort of book where you need to set aside two weeks of your life to concentrate on the arguments, and do nothing much else except occasionally eat and sleep."</i><br />That's the reason I was never able to get through <i>Gödel, Escher, Bach</i>.Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12460075520187803334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-16882382617684355072011-05-20T17:15:51.266+10:002011-05-20T17:15:51.266+10:00Well,among other things coz it's the magnum op...Well,among other things coz it's the magnum opus that Parfit has been working on for the last 25 years or so since <i>Reasons and Persons</i> came out ... and everyone seems to agree that <i>Reasons and Persons</i> was a super-important contribution to philosophy. Is that enough?Russell Blackfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12431324430596809958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-14751171531496667552011-05-20T16:35:18.953+10:002011-05-20T16:35:18.953+10:00Hi,
could you explain to us uninitiated why this i...Hi,<br />could you explain to us uninitiated why this is an important book.setAD7https://www.blogger.com/profile/02501088408919498583noreply@blogger.com