In the new Philosophy, ideas are triangulated in a composite
view of argument, logic and demonstration:
Argument scans the field of a problem, looking at the best
of different, alternative points of view;
Logic looks for inconsistencies and contradictions, both within
and between them;
Demonstration goes beyond mere discourse and actually
physically builds the house, performs the string quartet, sends
the ship to the Moon and back.
Essential, is that we must insist on having all three,
argument, logic and demonstration. Everything else is
wholly incomplete.
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As in informal footnote to this more formal miniature, I would
add only that this demonstration aspect of philosophy
is especially important in aethetics and ethics. In New Classical
Music, to use a cumbersome turn of phrase, Luciano Berio
used to say that the best way to comment on other music
is to compose a piece yourself. I couldn’t agree more. And Gandhi
hit the ETHICAL target dead center with his, “Be the change you
want to see in the world!”