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From: sarge@thirdi.UUCP
Newsgroups: sci.philosophy.tech
Subject: Re: Philosophy and psychology
Message-ID: <121@thirdi.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 28-Aug-87 01:06:51 EDT
Article-I.D.: thirdi.121
Posted: Fri Aug 28 01:06:51 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 29-Aug-87 16:25:12 EDT
References: <117@thirdi.UUCP> <1584@botter.cs.vu.nl>
Reply-To: sarge@thirdi.UUCP (Sarge Gerbode)
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Organization: Institute for Research in Metapsychology
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Keywords: philosophy psychology Kant transcendental
Summary: Transcendental Psychology, huh?

In article <1584@botter.cs.vu.nl> hansw@cs.vu.nl (Hans Weigand) writes:
>[Transcendental psychology] has nothing to do with metaphysics, but it is
>looking for the bounds of reason, science(s) and experience in
>general. Examples are Kant's transcendental ideas of time and space,
>or Heidegger's notion of being-in-the-world. Some time ago
>there was a short discussion about whether an omnipotent being
>could also change our logic. A transcendental critique of this
>question should start by circumscribing the boundary conditions
>for our logic, and then discover that the question does not
>make any sense.

Interesting!  I had never heard of Transcendental Psychology, though I did try
to read Heidegger once, and Husserl more than once.  But it sounds like a
workable approach.  I only wish those following this approach weren't such
terrible writers and/or complex thinkers.  Didn't we decide that the truth is
likely to be simple?

>A typical
>method of transcendental critique is investigating paradoxes,
>or trying to create them . These tend to be
>very revealing about where the limits are. Examples are the Liar
>paradox, Zeno's paradox and the hermeneutical circle.

I also have never heard of the nermeneutical circle.  (I thought Hermeneutics
meant interpretation of scriptures!)  Could you let me know what this is, or
send email if it's too stupid a question.  Thanks.
-- 
"Absolute knowledge means never having to change your mind."

Sarge Gerbode
Institute for Research in Metapsychology
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