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To: Eddie01

Ayn Rand called groupthink social metaphysics. Social metaphysicians consider the opinions of the group to be reality.


8 posted on 04/28/2018 2:42:14 PM PDT by mjp ((pro-{God, reality, reason, egoism, individualism, natural rights, limited government, capitalism}))
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To: mjp
My post was about defining the underpinning dysfunctional mechanism.

What the hell does social metaphysics even mean?

Metaphysics: is a branch of philosophy that explores the fundamental questions, including the nature of concepts like being, existence, and reality. It has two branches – cosmology and ontology. Traditional metaphysics seeks to answer, in a "suitably abstract and fully general manner", the questions...

For God's sake man, make an intelligent point.

10 posted on 04/28/2018 3:36:24 PM PDT by Eddie01
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