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why is Scholasticism the boogeyman of Philosophy

is it because it's true
Metaphysics is Gay
  07/13/26
The rhetorical need for a historical boogeyman. Many differe...
Pearly irradiated boltzmann toaster
  07/13/26
Oh damn should I do this with my predecessors
Metaphysics is Gay
  07/13/26
Bet
Pearly irradiated boltzmann toaster
  07/13/26
Historically, bad Latin and uncritical reading of "auth...
Indecent exciting internal respiration codepig
  07/13/26
The Aristotelian claim that substances possess irreducible f...
Pearly irradiated boltzmann toaster
  07/13/26
Rupert Sheldrake discussed this
Metaphysics is Gay
  07/13/26
The stuff he says about Aristotle is legit. Some of the stuf...
Pearly irradiated boltzmann toaster
  07/13/26
...
Metaphysics is Gay
  07/13/26


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Date: July 13th, 2026 10:17 PM
Author: Metaphysics is Gay

is it because it's true

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Date: July 13th, 2026 10:27 PM
Author: Pearly irradiated boltzmann toaster

The rhetorical need for a historical boogeyman. Many different groups benefitted from portraying their predecessors as sterile schoolmen.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882508&forum_id=2#49997987)



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Date: July 13th, 2026 10:28 PM
Author: Metaphysics is Gay

Oh damn should I do this with my predecessors

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882508&forum_id=2#49997989)



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Date: July 13th, 2026 10:33 PM
Author: Pearly irradiated boltzmann toaster

Bet

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882508&forum_id=2#49997997)



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Date: July 13th, 2026 10:34 PM
Author: Indecent exciting internal respiration codepig

Historically, bad Latin and uncritical reading of "authorities" based on incomplete or corrupt corpora, and then materialism in the natural sciences proved so powerful that the idea that substantial forms have any causal power was almost entirely abandoned.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882508&forum_id=2#49998000)



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Date: July 13th, 2026 10:52 PM
Author: Pearly irradiated boltzmann toaster

The Aristotelian claim that substances possess irreducible forms that ground their identity, unity and directed activities still has not been decisively refuted by science. I think at the very least a naturalized account of form as causally efficacious organization is highly plausible, while the stronger scholastic ontology remains a live but unverified interpretation.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882508&forum_id=2#49998043)



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Date: July 13th, 2026 10:54 PM
Author: Metaphysics is Gay

Rupert Sheldrake discussed this

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882508&forum_id=2#49998046)



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Date: July 13th, 2026 10:59 PM
Author: Pearly irradiated boltzmann toaster

The stuff he says about Aristotle is legit. Some of the stuff he says regarding biology is obviously crankery, but actually not bad if taken as metaphor.

(https://xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=5882508&forum_id=2#49998061)



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Date: July 13th, 2026 10:54 PM
Author: Metaphysics is Gay



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