Philosophical Warnings and Definitions.
Feb. 15th, 2003 06:40 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wolven7"Cartesian Evil Genius Alert:
"The reader is advised that he or she may be subject to an illusion generated by an evil genius, and that his or her "sensory fibers" may be falsely manipulated at any time with neither advance warning nor any possible legal remedy."
"Philosopher-General's Existentialist Tobacco Products Label:
"Warning! this product has been found to cause cancer and ephysema, and to lead to increased likelihood of strokes and heart disease. However, as the Universe is a soulless waste inhabited by unthinking machines it doesn't matter in the least whether you smoke or not. Go ahead, light up, it's all the same to me if you live or die."
"nicknack, n. An interesting oddity of no real importance. 'He devoted his time to such nicknacks as the Cartesian Circle, the Naturalistic Fallacy, and the Ontological Argument.' Hence, nicknackian, n. One preoccupied with nicknacks, and nacknickian, a merleau-ponty nicknackian."
"phippogriff, n. (also phillippogriff) A legendary creature, now almost inaccessible to either knowledge or belief."
And i do this a lot:
"feinberg, n. A mountain of finely grained distinctions; hence feinberg, v. To work one's way out of a corner by building and mounting a feinberg. 'I was pinned in my argument, but then managed to feinberg my way out.'"
http://ai.iit.nrc.ca/~andre/humour/warning.humour http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/lexicon/
"The reader is advised that he or she may be subject to an illusion generated by an evil genius, and that his or her "sensory fibers" may be falsely manipulated at any time with neither advance warning nor any possible legal remedy."
"Philosopher-General's Existentialist Tobacco Products Label:
"Warning! this product has been found to cause cancer and ephysema, and to lead to increased likelihood of strokes and heart disease. However, as the Universe is a soulless waste inhabited by unthinking machines it doesn't matter in the least whether you smoke or not. Go ahead, light up, it's all the same to me if you live or die."
"nicknack, n. An interesting oddity of no real importance. 'He devoted his time to such nicknacks as the Cartesian Circle, the Naturalistic Fallacy, and the Ontological Argument.' Hence, nicknackian, n. One preoccupied with nicknacks, and nacknickian, a merleau-ponty nicknackian."
"phippogriff, n. (also phillippogriff) A legendary creature, now almost inaccessible to either knowledge or belief."
And i do this a lot:
"feinberg, n. A mountain of finely grained distinctions; hence feinberg, v. To work one's way out of a corner by building and mounting a feinberg. 'I was pinned in my argument, but then managed to feinberg my way out.'"
http://ai.iit.nrc.ca/~andre/humour/warning.humour http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/lexicon/
