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To me the transmutation of verbs into abstract
nouns and gerunds and Platonistically inspired
existential sentential templates is so patently
ludicrous when viewed from a semantic, ontological
or philosophical point of view, that I experience
great difficulty in summoning up the mental
energy even to discuss them in a serious
manner. The emergence of some whimpering
transcendentalist taking a short break from
comporting himself along the yellow-brick
road towards death to claim that there are actual entiatic
nominata which correspond to these abstract
referenda just makes me yawn.
If it weren't for the
philosophical damage that they do, one might
even welcome these illogicalities as
heaven-sent, comedic routines, philosophical
pantomime-parts-of-speech sent as a
knockabout intermezzi in the Heideggerian
opéra bouffe, to brighten up the boredom
of interminably meaningless transcendentalist
tracts and pseudo-psychological drivel
My critique is
the general
one of an increasing number of philosophers
and scientists, but that is
not
to say that I don't recognise the usefulness
of many hypostatisations in natural
language
and in ordinary communication at street
level. Away from the university or philosophical
discussion I use them myself in this way
all the time, and you will find my writings
peppered with metaphor, for they are so damn
difficult and handy as communicative short-cuts
to avoid in natural language.
And yes, once in a while its
good to relax. It's good fun to let
one's analytical hair down and visit the down-market
transcendentalist theme park -
The Land of Let's Pretend, which is engendered by such crude reification
wherein the metaphysical Munchkins
abide,
and its fun to go along for the ride
on the
transcendentalist roller-coaster with
the
screaming Heideggerians in their with their red noses and kiss-me-quick hats, holding tight to some candy-floss of
metaphysical nonsense and be a kid again.
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