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April 11th 2006, 01:16 PM
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I'm sorry to drag this up again, but alas, I have been absent. Proving a thought erroneous does not make it useless, from a philosophical standpoint, to either an individual or people as a whole... in my humble opinion. Examining why any opinion, thought, belief or assumption was posed in the first place, erroneous or otherwise, is both within the realm of philosophy and enlightening (it reveals something about the original 'thinker' and his/her circumstances, personal history and, if you will, his/her 'reality'). The same goes for erroneous theories... such as Geoffrey of Monmouth's presumption that Stonehenge was moved to its current location thanks to the magic of Merlin... arguably its not the case, it didn't really happen that way... but it provides much insight as to 14th century society....
My rather long-winded point? Any thought, whether true or false, reasonable or unreasonable, justified or otherwise, has worth from a philosophical standpoint, simply because it was thought in the first place.
Before you argue again, please think about it without getting defensive.
Thanks.