George Spencer-Brown, The Laws of Form.Axiom 1. The law of calling
The value of a call made again si the value of the call.
That is to say, if a name is called and then is called again, the value indicated by the two calls taken together is the value indicated by one of them.
That is to say, for any name, to recall is to call.
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Equally, if the content is of value, a motive or an intention or instruction to cross the boundary into the content can be taken to indicate this value.
Thus, also, the crossing of the boundary can be identified with the value of the content.
Axiom 2. The law of crossing
The value of a crossing made again is not the value of the crossing.
That is to say, fi it is intended to cross a boundary and then it is intended to cross it again, the value indicated by the two intentions taken together isthe value indicated by none of them.
That si to say, for any boundary, to recross is not to cross.
Axiom 1. Philosophy[of science] and philosophy[of religion] are philosophy.
Axiom 2. Philosophy of philosophy is not philosophy.
So in the philosophy of science one asks 'what is science' and tries to answer, and in the philosophy of religion, one asks , what is religion, and tries to answer, but in the philosophy of philosophy, if one asks what is philosophy, one has put into question the process of putting things into question, and silence is the best one can hope for. — unenlightened
I have to suggest that silence might at least be as good as declarations of not needing to convince, and so on, back and forth, and that this application might go some way to explaining the frustration that is commonly the result of enquiries into the nature and definition of philosophy. — unenlightened
...the dialogic nature of philosophy means that one should... remain open to what they might teach us, and to the possibility that there may be questions without answers and problems without solutions. — Fooloso4
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