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| Sincerely sorry to see you bow out. You did sterling work there, particularly during the period when it really mattered. The parting shot, elegantly delivered, was highly accurate. — ] (]) 19:18, 12 November 2008 (UTC) | |||
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| == Pls note Canadian spelling applies on Cdn articles == | |||
| I just reverted your edit of "centred" to "centered" on ], as "centered" is a US-only spelling and this is an article about a Canadian topic. Please be wary of such edits in future (Cdn "centre", "theatre" etc....).] (]) 16:29, 19 November 2008 (UTC) | |||
| :Considering that you're Flemish or Dutch, how would you feel if Dutch words and placenames were put in German versions?] (]) 16:30, 19 November 2008 (UTC) | |||
| ::In answer to your question, I wouldn't feel anything since I am neither Dutch nor German. But, I DO understand your meaning and apologize for any offense. It was not intentional.--] (]) 23:48, 19 November 2008 (UTC) | |||
| :::I wasn't meaning to be heavy-handed about it, also; just the other day in another article someone made a spelling change on a Canadian article with the justification "since most people who read Misplaced Pages are Americans, American spelling shoudl be used"...which caused quite a bit of hilarity actually for those of us who saw it...."centred" is an odd one because "we" usually think only of the noun and the present tense of the verb; but it applies to the past tense/adective as well.....] (]) 23:54, 19 November 2008 (UTC) | |||
| == We can do it! :) == | == We can do it! :) == | ||
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TRUTH
Ordinary Language Philosophy... The controversy really begins when ordinary language philosophers apply the same levelling tendency to questions such as What is Truth? or What is Consciousness?. Philosophers in this school would insist that we cannot assume that (for example) Truth 'is' a 'thing' (in the same sense that tables and chairs are 'things'), which the word 'truth' represents. Instead, we must look at the differing ways in which the words 'truth' and 'conscious' actually function in ordinary language. We may well discover, after investigation, that there is no single entity to which the word 'truth' corresponds, something Wittgenstein attempts to get across via his concept of a 'family resemblance' (cf. Philosophical Investigations). Therefore ordinary language philosophers tend to be anti-essentialist. Of course, this was and is a very controversial viewpoint. Anti-essentialism and the linguistic philosophy associated with it are often important to contemporary accounts of feminism, Marxism, and other social philosophies that are critical of the injustice of the status quo. The essentialist 'Truth' as 'thing' is argued to be closely related to projects of domination, where the denial of alternate truths is understood to be a denial of alternate forms of living. Similar arguments sometimes involve ordinary language philosophy with other anti-essentialist movements like post-structuralism.
Reciprocity
The norm of reciprocity is the social expectation that people will respond to each other in kind -- returning benefits for benefits, and responding with either indifference or hostility to harms. The social norm of reciprocity often takes different forms in different areas of social life, or in different societies. All of them, however, are distinct from related ideas such as gratitude, the Golden Rule, or mutual goodwill. See Reciprocity (social and political philosophy) for an analysis of the concepts involved.
"real research in classical languages using primary sources following established historical methods"...Slrubenstein
We can do it! :)
Hey Buster!
You are the coolest dude. You got your man elected as pres, I'm sure things are going to be fine with me. Thanks for rallying the troops.
I don't think we're going to have similar difficulties in future, but you never know.
What projects are you working on at Wiki right now? Alastair Haines (talk) 12:11, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
- Nice to see you're back and working away. Alastair Haines (talk) 00:31, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
East-Flemish
Hi Buster, Thanks for your message on my userpage. I'm glad someone found the way to my little wikia. I would be more than happy with any kind of assistance, considering that right now I'm still on my own. Dialects in Flanders seem to be dying slowly and while there are several dialectbased events with usually a high degree of popularity I don't get the impression that they're doing much good. I myself believe that our language is a part of our cultural heritage and should be kept alive. Nychus (talk) 13:19, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
Nice words at patriarchy
Thanks for perfectly helpful words at Patriarchy. One of the best things about it was that you didn't take sides. Keep up your great wiki-ing. I think I have met a man perfectly suited to settling things with cool, calm words of reason. How many ways can we contribute at Wiki? Let me count the ways ... :) Alastair Haines (talk) 01:58, 8 December 2008 (UTC)