Monday, June 12, 2006

New Entries to the Philosophical Lexicon
(Local Edition)

Hegland, n. A land, allegedly in the antipodes, where philosophy and theology are carried on in a spirit of absolute pessimism. Also, Heglander, as in, "Aw, God is good at least part of the time. Don't be such a heglander!"

Berntsonic, adj. A heretical argument presented with clarity and posed innocence. "His berntsonic argument for the non-existence of Hell was strangely compelling."

Gunn, n. A philosopher predetermined to fire an entirely absurd presupposition at a perfectly sensible argument. "Everyone agreed on my position except the one gunn who insisted determinism is equivalent to fatalism."


1 Comments:

Blogger Gunner said...

Lol Don, I don't know whether to be offended or amused. Not at being "defined," but that you think I equate determinism to fatalism. Come on now, I'm not THAT short-sighted..

Okay, I've decided I'm amused. Or, rather, I'm causally determined to be amused...

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