No Progress in Philosophy (Introduction)

by dhw, Thursday, July 23, 2015, 13:05 (3200 days ago) @ George Jelliss

GEORGE: I enjoyed reading this and thought you might like it too.-http://commons.pacificu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1396&context=eip-Sorry I've not been able to keep up with discussions here. 
I'm too busy on other things, or else wasting time on twitter.-Many thanks, George. You were among the very first contributors to this website, and it is always a pleasure to welcome you back. I used to keep track of your activities on your Jeepy Jay Diary, but you seem to have stopped jeepyjaying (or activating) back in April -The article is great and I shall pick out just one quote: -“Whatever you believe, no matter how obvious or fundamental, no matter who you are, or where, or when, there's a good philosophical argument that your belief is false. There is no deep, foundational belief that philosophy cannot refute...”-This is the very basis of our forum and of my own agnosticism. There is ALWAYS a counter argument, because nobody knows the objective truth.-DAVID: Thanks again for another wonderful article. No wonder dhw and I keep at it, but I think have taught him a great deal, even if I can't convince him. -David has indeed taught me a great deal. (Pssst, he may have learned a few things from me, but please don't tell him - he likes to think he knows it all.)