Richard Gipps
@drgipps.bsky.social
Philosopher. Psychotherapist. Clinical Psychologist. On Madness (Bloomsbury 2022). Oxford Handbooks of Philosophy and Psychiatry / Psychoanalysis (OUP 2013 / 2019)
In 1975 Anscombe talked of faith qua taking what someone says for true. Jones, a friend, writes to say his wife died. We believe him. In believing him, Anscombe says, we *presuppose* that he exists; it's a *conviction* or *assumption* we have. This strikes me as wrong. 🧵
February 19, 2025 at 7:50 AM
In 1975 Anscombe talked of faith qua taking what someone says for true. Jones, a friend, writes to say his wife died. We believe him. In believing him, Anscombe says, we *presuppose* that he exists; it's a *conviction* or *assumption* we have. This strikes me as wrong. 🧵
a cold misty grey day; spiders' webs on the gates, covered in ice
January 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
a cold misty grey day; spiders' webs on the gates, covered in ice
Johnson: "I consider it a disaster for Cambridge that Wittgenstein has returned. A man who is quite incapable of carrying on a discussion. If I say that a sentence has meaning for me, noone has a right to say it is senseless." ...
December 30, 2024 at 3:42 PM
Johnson: "I consider it a disaster for Cambridge that Wittgenstein has returned. A man who is quite incapable of carrying on a discussion. If I say that a sentence has meaning for me, noone has a right to say it is senseless." ...
