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From: hardy@minnehaha.stat.umn.edu (Michael Hardy)
Subject: Re: IRC and Philosophy
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In article <3c0ir5$30c@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>,
	Lawrence M Sanger <lsanger@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> wrote:


>My suggestion is this.  (1) Let's say you want to discuss Quine's "Two Dogmas 
>of Empiricism" with people via IRC.  (It is certainly one way to talk to people
>about philosophy; it might turn out to be a very good medium, if used right.)  
>Decide when you want to discuss it.  (2) Post the name of the article to many
>newsgroups and mail lists, saying that you intend to be on a channel called
>#TwoDogmas at a particular time (making sure to specify the time zone).  Some
>newsgroups include talk.philosophy.misc, sci.philosophy.tech, sci.logic, and 
>alt.philosophy.objectivism; some mail lists include PHILOSOP and PHILOS-L.  (3)
>A few minutes before the appointed hour, get on IRC and type the command to 
>join #TwoDogmas -- thus creating the channel -- and wait for people to show up.


	I predict that some people will type the command

join #TwoDogmas

	and others the command

join #Twodogmas

	and others

join #TWODOGMAS

	and

join #twodogmas

	and

join #TwoDogmatisms

	and

join #TooDogmatic

	etc.

	i.e., this would have to be done _carefully_.


	Mike Hardy

Michael Hardy			"Free will is located in or near
School of Statistics		 the anterior cingulate sulcus."
University of Minnesota
hardy@stat.umn.edu				- Francis Crick
