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Oct 15, 2022, 15:28 · Web · 1 · 2
@ACG2 I'm doing a second PhD extrenally through Yale. They are fantastic at supporting external students.
@Florence So Cool! What is your second doctorate on?
@ACG2 Medieval Theological Philosophy. More specifically, the problem with 'universals' looking at Christian and Islamic scholars.
@Florence 🧡 That sounds really engrossing. May I ask you to explain what the word ‘universals’ mean in your context? I’m Curious.
@ACG2 And then those questions lead on to 'universals' such as 'mankind' which doesn't and does exist. Mankind doesn't, humans do. God, same thing. What is the difference between God and Godzilla in real terms? Is there a way of proving the 'perfection' of a universal term, if you propose that such a term 'exists' in the first place. It's a 75,000 word doctorate, so tricky to explain. If you have a Philosophy background, then you will get the gist?
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Holy moly! (pun intended) Wow! Fascinating and kinda overwhelming. LOL
I just have to ask, how did you come to think of these questions, ideas? As a Recovering Catholic, I wasn't taught to question, to investigate but I decided that was screwed up when I was young, plus I didn't like the whole "God will strike you down" if you take a penny from mommy's table.
@see_the_sus @ACG2 Yep! They always are. And every generation hopes they'll succeed where the others failed. No one does of course, but we build ourselves up to be better. Even when we're not! 😀
@see_the_sus @ACG2 It's so easy to intend things but not get round to them. I'm a dreadful one for doing that!
@Florence @see_the_sus Weirdly, just came across a book that talked about this “gang of three”. I’ll have to look it up tomorrow. Might be a way to get introduced to the theorists.
@see_the_sus @ACG2 Then, during Medieval times, the scholars got themselves into all sorts of trouble by investigating this and ending up concluding God wasnt real. Then they tried to pick their way out of that particular mess. Hence we had a theological schism across many faiths. And that's where I'm picking it up. But nearly all philosophers have had a go at it. It's an age old problem, played around with by using symbolic logic.
@see_the_sus @ACG2 This particular question has taxed philosopher's since Aristotle. Literally. They're not new.