<i><b>Philosphical Argument with a Friend about Ad hominem and Frankfurt School<br>
Hasan Yahya, Ph.D</i><br>
The message from a friend says:
<i>“ I don’t know anything about your “crecentolgy” theory, but it seems to focused on conflict management – the need for compromise is certainly intrinsic to this. However, the search for truth is not the same as the search for consensus, or compromise. I suspect we might be approaching the conversation from different objectives right now. It sounds like you’re coming from the Edward Said camp with much of your perspective? If so, that’s precisely the “franfurt school” heritage I don’t accept for the reasons I gave earlier. In effect, I find his criticisms nothing largely adhominem attacks dressed up with an inordinate amount of prose, sorry.:) You mentioned Russell-I’m sorry, who is this? Bertrand Russell? If so, I love him, as I subscribe to analytical philosophy.”</i> [End of My. Friend message]<br>
My response was in two parts, the first was: You make it hard now! 1) I passed too often that place in my way to Detroit and back. 2) My Crescentology theory is a book on amazon, its cheep though, but I can furnish a copy. 3)Truth never be found unless relatively with what is it according to research with high probability, compromise is an attitude like truth if we are accustomed to; 5) Are you kidding about Bertrand Russell, the American-British who wrote, Why I am Not a Christian? It ‘s hard to believe. (4) will be answered later. I don’t think that we talk on different perspectives here, if we both talk logic. Here is my second response number 4 above: <br>
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