matt knachel

Logic teacher

[matt knachel @knacheme]

@mattyglesias So there is one thing to do: move to the right on culture war stuff? But it's not weird and it's not a trick?

[matt knachel @knacheme]

@lionel_trolling Maybe the smartest guy ever; probably the last guy who knew basically everything there was to know during his time?

[matt knachel @knacheme]

@MichaelMcGough3 @lionel_trolling Bad news: they're the *only* things involved

[Universities of Wisconsin @UniversitiesWI]

Professors at @UWM and @UWMadison have been recognized by the American Philosophical Association: https://t.co/LwFEn0uLIR

[matt knachel @knacheme]

@freganmitts @jennfrey Seems like a good idea! And if I were teaching the Critique, I would want to make sure students knew about the relevant bits of Hume, Aristotle, Leibniz, etc.

[matt knachel @knacheme]

@freganmitts @jennfrey And where to strike the balance depends on the primary text in question. Some are more accessible than others!

[matt knachel @knacheme]

@freganmitts @jennfrey I would distinguish "one doesn't need the 2nd-ary lit" from "one doesn't need any background knowledge whatsoever." It was the latter that Zena seemed to embrace re: the Critique, etc. and which I found bizarre. And I do not attribute it to Jennifer

[matt knachel @knacheme]

@freganmitts @jennfrey Same and same. I guess it's one thing to say any mature reader should be able to sit down and read the Odyssey. Fine. But, say, the Tractatus? Per Zena, also fine. ???

[matt knachel @knacheme]

@freganmitts @jennfrey I asked Zena the other day whether the first Critique was an example of a work for which context would be necessary. Answer: no. Seems nuts to me to try to read that without some background.

[matt knachel @knacheme]

@jeffamy @mattyglesias Noah Webster rolling in his grave

[Isaac Rowlett @IsaacRowlett]

another beautiful day in Milwaukee 😍

[matt knachel @knacheme]

@zenahitz What are examples of when it really is necessary? Kant's Critique comes to mind. The Tractatus? Spinoza's Ethics? Or maybe the scholia help enough...

[matt knachel @knacheme]

@cowgirl_bebop @JasonKPargin

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@jennfrey lmao, you're getting pushback on *that* post? What a world

[matt knachel @knacheme]

@thamosdeaf he's doing a bit

[matt knachel @knacheme]

@godisangryatme Lol, I don't live there, and I agree it can be very annoying!

[matt knachel @knacheme]

@Alicoh1 @ZaidJilani Neither of us should stop contending with anything; we should stop trying to hash it all out on https://t.co/8ceYirUjA9

Cheers and all the best to you, fellow native-Ohioan

[matt knachel @knacheme]

@Alicoh1 @ZaidJilani I have personal family experience with this condition, so I'll just say I think "gender dysphoric people should just exercise more" is not in fact a reasonable suggestion and leave it at that