tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14072474.post3209340341036088679..comments2023-11-03T06:36:27.305-04:00Comments on Phronesisaical: X-ism's Critical Illiteracyhelmuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09069600766378586919noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14072474.post-23874861417887491172010-10-14T19:08:43.652-04:002010-10-14T19:08:43.652-04:00"they amount to the concession that X and Y a..."they amount to the concession that X and Y aren't objectively any better than one another"<br /><br />i.e when preceded by (1). Referencing "speech acts" is to concede a response need not be an answer, in the sense of a direct answer. It seems every bit as common that people "talk past each other," as the saying goes.MThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02341704109256270557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14072474.post-20131370256780249592010-10-12T13:44:31.887-04:002010-10-12T13:44:31.887-04:00Very interesting. It reminds me very much of this...Very interesting. It reminds me very much of <a href="http://www.cato-unbound.org/2009/02/04/brink-lindsey/partisanship-still-half-empty/" rel="nofollow">this excellent essay</a> on partisanship.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com