- 23 Feb 2010 23:52
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Incorrect. History is the study of the human past, specifically sequential analysis and cause-and-effect determinant analysis. Rarely should it devolve into petty semantic arguments.
I have not denied that, though I will concede that I partially misunderstood what you had meant by "epistemological concept" at first, hence my immediate response. Rather, I stated that it is as much so as any era, and should not be singled out. Analyzing it in context to other eras is of great historical importance - indeed, it is essential.
Semantics. The subtext was that these things were implemented and advanced during the Industrial Revolution. The Industrial Revolution not being a person, I obviously don't believe that it magically invented these things.
MB. wrote:History is pretty much semantics, yes.
Incorrect. History is the study of the human past, specifically sequential analysis and cause-and-effect determinant analysis. Rarely should it devolve into petty semantic arguments.
MB. wrote:I'm not the one denying that the IR is an epistemological invention,
I have not denied that, though I will concede that I partially misunderstood what you had meant by "epistemological concept" at first, hence my immediate response. Rather, I stated that it is as much so as any era, and should not be singled out. Analyzing it in context to other eras is of great historical importance - indeed, it is essential.
MB. wrote:suggesting that the IR 'implemented this' and 'advanced that'.
Semantics. The subtext was that these things were implemented and advanced during the Industrial Revolution. The Industrial Revolution not being a person, I obviously don't believe that it magically invented these things.
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For a long time I wouldn't kill anyone in GTA games because I thought it was wrong. - grassroots1
For a long time I wouldn't kill anyone in GTA games because I thought it was wrong. - grassroots1