Originally Posted by JohnBrooking
Being a philosophy minor as an undergrad, I can appreciate Hiles' attempt here. All philosophy students realize pretty early on that it's not going to ultimately answer any questions, only clarify them. But it is helpful to do so, and I think Hiles has for this issue.
Right, which is why I recommend it.
BTW, I don't get the reference to JRA, ...
Of all the VC-contrarians on this forum, JRA seems to have the best understanding of it (though there was one notable exception, the first I ever noticed, in the last week or so, though I can't remember offhand exactly what it was; if I find or remember what it was, I'll add an edit here).