tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post8011453282508380199..comments2024-03-19T07:48:54.021-06:00Comments on Gus Van Horn: Tips for a Gold StandardGus Van Hornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-85638377507571767282011-06-17T03:26:32.130-06:002011-06-17T03:26:32.130-06:00Your thought on compartmentalization as possibly i...Your thought on compartmentalization as possibly involving mis-integration is very interesting, and raises the following question: Are the "compartmentalization" of a dis-integrated pragmatist and that of someone like Sirico really the same phenomenon, or just the results of two different kinds of error that "look alike" to an observer? Off-hand I can see this either way, but I would need to think about this some more before.Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-26032085649159869912011-06-16T22:00:18.263-06:002011-06-16T22:00:18.263-06:00Some Objectivists have commented that it's bad...Some Objectivists have commented that it's bad to have Rand's atheism advertised, because conservatives will stick with Christianity. I disagree: I think the truth is best made known widely. For every Conservative who suddenly realizes that Rand is atheist, one might well get a liberal who thereby realizes that Rand is not just another conservative. <br /><br />The rest will hold on to aspects of Christianity and Objectivism and a few other philosophies, with some compartmentalization.<br /><br /><br />Reverend Sirico's article was interesting because it helps me chew on the notion of compartmentalization. I always thought of it as ideas that were somehow kept apart. The article made me realize that the thinker can actually come up with rationalizations and psychologizing in an attempt to integrate the conflicting ideas. So, compartmentalization may involve more integration (i.e. mis-integration) than I previously thought.Realist Theoristhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02443210652365042245noreply@blogger.com