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Greetings to everyone!

I once earned myself a BA in philosophy and was particularly interested in epistemology. Hume and Berkeley were my favourites back in those days. These days I am mostly interested in linguistics and I'm studying an MA in a related field, so my main philosophical interests are Austin, Searle, Grice and Wittgenstein.

I'm originally from England but now live in Japan.

That'll do for now.

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Oh...so it's all about me...me...me...me


In your case it's not, Greetings to everyone!, it's Patting myself on the back!




You wasted your education.




That'll do for now.







...oh yeah, welcome to the forum.
Please don't ever stop back.






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Hello angrysoba, some of the people you will meet here are mental.

That'll do for now.

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...and by mental you mean intellectual.





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Nothing like making a new forum member welcome. Is it?

Welcome angrysoba. I daren't ask what the "sob" in your username stands for. I hope you enjoy the forum.

This forum is a home where the buffalo roam, and the deer and the antelope play. (At least, that is one possible explanation for the amount of "droppings" you can find here). I wouldn't say that "never is heard a discouraging word", but you can sometimes hear encouraging ones as well.

RickLewis wrote: I wouldn't say that "never is heard a discouraging word",

Nor, I think would the song. As I remember it's "seldom is heard a discouraging word" and even that's stretching it.



Yes, yes, it's a bit rich for me to complain!

Hi everyone again.

Bill Willtrack wrote:Oh...so it's all about me...me...me...me

Well, of course it is. I am a solipsist, you see, so it really is all about me...me...me!

Are you not a solipsist too?

Bill Willtrack wrote:In your case it's not, Greetings to everyone!, it's Patting myself on the back!

The two are not mutually exclusive, are they?

Bill Willtrack wrote:You wasted your education.

Presumably you mean that I have an enviable level of education which I have yet to put to good use. Hmmm...I cannot deny it. Please direct me to the self-help boards. I would find my own way, of course, if I weren't so damnably helpless, and if I wasn't I probably wouldn't need the self-help. Oh the paradoxes of life!

uwot wrote:Hello angrysoba, some of the people you will meet here are mental.

That'll do for now.

Thank you! Much appreciated.

RickLewis wrote:Nothing like making a new forum member welcome. Is it?

Welcome angrysoba. I daren't ask what the "sob" in your username stands for. I hope you enjoy the forum.

S.O.B are the first three letters of "soba", a particular kind of noodle from Japan. You can of course ask, but I am not entirely sure what the answer is.

I'm looking forward to the robust banter that we philosophers are famous for.

Now, if you'll excuse me I have a back to pat...

Welcome angrynoodle,

Dont worry about Bill he just dislikes anyone who has read philosophy.

Arising_uk wrote:Welcome angrynoodle,

Dont worry about Bill he just dislikes anyone who has read philosophy.

Thanks. And don't worry, I have a pretty thick skin.

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...and a good sense of humor.



I like the way you turn a phrase.





Well done.




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angrysoba wrote:...my main philosophical interests are Austin, Searle, Grice and Wittgenstein.

No one else is important...

Except maybe Davidson?