(November 18, 2016 at 11:09 am)Rhythm Wrote:(November 18, 2016 at 11:01 am)FallentoReason Wrote: No, I believe you guys just stop at, 'oh, just because he's an authority'. I'm giving a reason for why their name(s) have stood the test of time, within philosophy.
Still trying to make this about something it's not. It doesn't -matter- why or whether they've stood the test of time, it's still a false dichotomy.
Now you're appealing to tradition, in defense of an appeal to authority, that was a defense of a false dichotomy. Something isn't made more valid because a smart guy said it, no matter how many people have accepted it, or for how long that they have done so.
Toilet...swirling.
So your view is that it's open to debate, no matter what. I can agree with that.
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle
