Re:My grandfather Paul Tillich, the unbelieving theologian E...
by astrange on Friday March 22, 2024 @08:35PM
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> It’s really hard for me to see how any theology—or any text—could be any less ambiguous than any other.
The logical positivists (and analytic philosophers in general) were very concerned about this.
The original ones like Carnap thought it was a problem because of fascists, who are, you know, pathological liars. So the problem wasn't ambiguity, moreso that they were propagandizing and he hoped to defeat this by showing that it wasn't true. As it turns out, this didn't work, so they had to give up on it.
Analytic philosophers do it because they're mad at obscurantist French people like Derrida. Which is also a noble goal if a smaller problem.
The logical positivists (and analytic philosophers in general) were very concerned about this.
The original ones like Carnap thought it was a problem because of fascists, who are, you know, pathological liars. So the problem wasn't ambiguity, moreso that they were propagandizing and he hoped to defeat this by showing that it wasn't true. As it turns out, this didn't work, so they had to give up on it.
Analytic philosophers do it because they're mad at obscurantist French people like Derrida. Which is also a noble goal if a smaller problem.