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The relationship between direct speech and philosophical inquiry « Andrew Taggart


I was privileged to have Andrew Taggart share an early copy of his new manual The Art of Inquiry. I highly recommend this 21 st century enchiridion to everyone who would like to take up philosophizing as a way of life.

Here in his latest blog entry, Andrew elucidates the import of direct speech…

I believe we creatures of habit, we too-clever beings have learned all forms of indirect speech. To overcome indirectness, I have sought to teach direct speech. Indeed, I have insisted that a philosophical conversation cannot begun unless the philosophical guide and the conversation partner engage exclusively in direct speech.

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Keith “Maggie” Brown
I am a PhD student in Philosophy and Religion at the University of North Texas-Denton. I began my vocation through a nine year apprenticeship with my mentor, Richard M. Owsley. I can be found around Denton troubling students and professors about this and that. A fringe scholar wandering the borderlands between the Academy and the World, I love the hell out of Socrates and Yoda while tending to act like William S. Burroughs and Jaba the Hut. My current projects include studies of the Dào Dé Jing, the intersection of Karl Jaspers’ periechontology with Tarot, and the challenge of queering existential hermeneutics.
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2 responses to “The relationship between direct speech and philosophical inquiry « Andrew Taggart”

  1. Cicero Avatar
    Cicero

    What is Direct Speech? What does it look like?

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  2. shogunsmith Avatar
    shogunsmith

    What does this Direct Speech look like? How does on exclude other ‘indirect’ forms of speech?

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