This Week's Last Week

[vetuste_ennemi]

...ends in a whimper rather than a bang.

And betrays earlier integrity by indulging in what Freddy Ayer (in his criticism of moral propositions as unverifiable) "flag-waving".

[derek-33]

apart from the awful end song by the group "quiet man" and the not so funny "grease sketches " it was ok. no a fan of Morgan but he was very good last night. will miss the show but Niel is calling his chairmanship a day,he is 70,

[Paigntonian]

Thought it was lame and stupid in parts. A shame.

[Peter Pedant]

is that language troof and logic ?
where does he say that? - I am trying to digest it for someone at uni and making heavy weather. Not a page turner

whilst you are at it- can you explain why he AJA says that tautologies in sentence logic are 'useless' ? I would have thought it was a necessary condition to avoid falsity creeping in unnoticed in an argument ....

[vetuste_ennemi]

//s that language troof and logic ? //

I don't know if the phrase is in the book, although the argument that moral propositions are statements of feelimgs and not factual is. I heard his using the phrase on TV interview. Come to think about it I think the actual word was "banner-waving".

[vetuste_ennemi]

Can't remember th program... Wonder if it was one of two series on modern "thinkers". Some of you may have watched them.. One was a series presented (very poorly) by Peter Jay (yes, that one) and the other (very well) by the professional philosopher Bryan Magee.