Philosophy is a great deal different in Europe than in the Anglo-American tradition. Some of that is due to language barriers and isolation, but a great deal is attributable to cultural issues.

The American tradition is perhaps a little more 'fundamentalist' than the European tradition. As a result, you see anti-realism is much stronger and even more extreme. Postmodernism, poststructuralism, deconstructionism, etc are mostly European traditions.

In your case, some of the comments you've made are almost anti-science and anti-philosophy. I've always assumed that your cultural differences have given you added enthusiasm for such tendencies, but it isn't something that I relate with all that well. And, I think you might agree, I've always struck you as more 'American' in my viewpoint. This is perhaps why pragmatism was founded in America. Americans just think differently than most of the world. Which isn't necessarily a good think when you see the positive reaction that dubya is getting in the States vs the world.

• There's an ocean between Europe and America - aurino_s - May 12, 2003 - 17:16 UTC
  • An ocean between two posts by Aurino - quiet - May 13, 2003 - 01:30 UTC
    • I'm flattered that you read my posts... - aurino_s - May 13, 2003 - 19:18 UTC
      • I'm as Latino as yo, but a better scientist and/or theologian - quiet - May 13, 2003 - 20:30 UTC
        • What are your credentials to call yourself a scientist - yaniru - May 14, 2003 - 01:09 UTC
          • OOOOO O OOOO OOO O OOO OO - quiet - May 14, 2003 - 06:31 UTC
          • My 100+ credits in science are more recent than yours - quiet - May 14, 2003 - 06:39 UTC
            • I published my best ever paper here - yaniru - May 14, 2003 - 12:07 UTC
              • Yanniru must be a forgetful Harvard alumnus - quiet - May 14, 2003 - 15:13 UTC
                • "I will not be answering Yanniru's spams any more - quiet - May 14, 2003 - 15:14 UTC
                  • You forgot to mention what school so we could check it out - yaniru - May 15, 2003 - 02:24 UTC
          • Scientists have PhDs, Not BSs - yaniru - May 15, 2003 - 02:26 UTC