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“Stop raping language!”

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:17. November 2009
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I love when people use the phrase "Stop raping language!". It's a bloody inconsistent performative.

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Work in progress…

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:16. November 2009
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As it can be seen, the blog has been divided into an english and a danish section. This is the english section. I'm in the progress of removing danish language…

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“More desirable” and “less undesirable”

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:15. November 2009
  • Post category:Language
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“In sharp contrast, men more than women tended to rate egoistic dominant acts as more socially desirable, including “Managing to get one's own way,” “Flattering to get one's own way,”…

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Quote: George Burns

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:14. November 2009
  • Post category:Humor
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"There will always be a conflict between the sexes because men and women want different things. Men want women and women want men." (Quoted in David M. Buss, Evolutionary Psychology,…

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Stephen Law and Nigel Warburton's "Five Questions About Clarity"

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:13. November 2009
  • Post category:Language
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This essay on clarity is great and short. Read it.

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Quote: "jeeprs"

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:1. November 2009
  • Post category:Humor/Logic
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Discussing logic at PhilosophyForum.com (my new forum of choice soon to be): "My only other observation at this point is the degree of difficulty associated with the notion of 'objectivity'.…

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