Re: Philosophy

[Lee Daniel Crocker <lcrocker@CALWEB.COM>]

> la xorxes. cusku di'e
> > I think philosophy has to be a saske. [...]
> > Any suggestions from the philosophers?

Philosophy should be a seltadni--a field of study--but it is unique
among them by being self-referential.  I.e., it is the study of fields
of study themselves, how they come about, what methods are used, etc.
Philosophy is not a science, because it is what determines what is a
science and what isn't.  Philosophy is the study of questions that
we don't even know how to study yet.

So, analagous to "bantadni" (liguist/linguistics), I propose
"tadnytadni", with the same structure (where x2 is a particular
brand of linguistics or philosophy).  Has kind of a ring to it.

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