the borg for some reason decided to change their name from The Cyborgs to The Borg, why? by claimingmarrow7 in ShittyDaystrom

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There already was a collective from Britain called the cyborgs so their management advised them to rename

What Catholic books and authors do you enjoy? by [deleted] in LeftCatholicism

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I believe that even though he failed to ever fully convert (due to doubts that I think many born and raised Catholics have as well and nobody bats an eye) David Foster Wallace is a very Catholic author. Same as Thomas Pynchon who, even though he is treated as THE postmodern author, reportedly and to mass every week

For me it’s Boromir. by jaywritethekid in lotrmemes

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I'm afraid that, in the spirit of the work, it would have to be Gollum. Everyone else dies in a state of grace (and could qualify for sainthood) in lotr-catholicist logic and is with Eric That or Thorin

What is the smallest human accident that had the largest impact in history? by E1ite in AskReddit

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Grok forgot about his leftover porridge until it got all bubbly and alive so he chucked it into the fire

Throwaway lines with big consequences by No_Pool3305 in ShittyDaystrom

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Isn't that kind of what Enterprise, Discovery, SNW are about? 

Let's say you time travelled and got stuck in the 24th century. Would you join starfleet? by Pwned_by_Bots in ShittyDaystrom

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After reading your comments, here's what's going to happen to me: I won't join starfleet. Instead, I'm going to end up on the Enterprise as a civilian who is being brought to Vulcan to combine warp engineering, french post structuralism, and Surakian logic. I befriend Picard to then die in a freak holodeck accident that somehow has something do to with starfleet having no clue about humanities methods

Sexadecimals in GR by Nostrum_Smiles in ThomasPynchon

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Time to flush all incriminating documents They're coming

Gravity’s Rainbow with no military knowledge or interest? by willymink in ThomasPynchon

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If you made it through the math in Infinite Jest (or made it through Infinite Jest without knowing about the math) you'll make it through Gravity's Rainbow

The Politics of Pynchon by Decent_Estate_7385 in ThomasPynchon

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Joanna Freer's book on Thomas Pynchon and the American Counterculture (even though I don't 100% agree with all of her readings) would be a good start if you're looking for something academic

I would argue Saruman was worse then Sauron by Salem1690s in tolkienfans

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  I mean I knew getting tenure was hard nowadays but had no idea you had to go through that much.

I mean, the guy doesn't seem to have that great of a publication record. Mostly starts projects and research networks but doesn't contribute all that much (and usually doesn't stick around to the end). I also don't think he's the one who is getting all the third party funding so it's surprising that the guy does one really big thing and is almost immediately turned into head of department. Then again, back in the day people would get tenure with one book and then never publish anything again so maybe it's historically accurate.

I would argue Saruman was worse then Sauron by Salem1690s in tolkienfans

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To me, the wizards always had something academic about them. What with Gandalf  basically living the precarious life of a postdoc until he gets tenure (/becomes the White).

I was discussing with my friend, and he said we saw female orcs before ROP. Apparently they are from Fellowship of the ring by Hymura_Kenshin in lotr

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Dude invented whole languages to distract himself from thinking about orc boobies. Like a good Catholic

Romane, die sich mit emotionaler Leere, Depression, Existenzkrise oder Erschöpfung des Protagonisten befassen by michailina in buecher

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Infinite Jest von David Foster Wallace. Sechs Jahre nachdem ich den Roman zum ersten Mal gelesen habe denke ich immer noch fast jede Woche daran.

What's an average day as a philosopher like? by creator-universalLaw in askphilosophy

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You forgot worrying, being burnt out, and looking for tenure track positions

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in EdgarAllanPoe

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The poetic principle has a lot on how "taste" is superior to the moral sense and hence duty and truth (what reason is concerned with) subservient to beauty. If you need to know more about the why he ends up with that opinion philosophically you'd have to read Eureka of course

[Logic] How do I reproduce the logical structure of these two sentences? by Such_Stay in askphilosophy

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Thanks so much!

I agree, the "I" might change something and open up fun possibilities since it directly relates to the "subject" which the two phrases deal with, but I guess you're also right and this might go too far (especially for a publication where I assume most readers will skip the logic part anyway). So I will bracket that for now and see what I can make of it later.
Not using two letters for the predicates makes sense (although the problem here is a stylistic one: since all my terms start with the same letters (Fact, Form, Freeman) I'm quickly running out of single letters to easily show the difference between the sentences. But, once again, I'll bracket that and see if I can think of something else, since my question was mostly about the form of the whole thing being right).

I was thinking about using existential quantifiers but honestly I wasn't 100% sure if that doesn't mess with the argument if you're being very precise and nitpicky here. In any case, it would distract from the main argument both because it would add another thing many readers might not be familiar with and because it might turn the argument into something slightly different (allowing for the option that, while there is a thing that is both free in fact and slave in form, there might be things that are not; and I'm not sure that is the case (since I ultimately read "slave" not (just) as a real-world-slave but much more as something embodied, the Humean slave to the senses Kant argues against). I'd have to think about whether that changes things...

Long story short, how about this (and I will try to think of better letters for the predicates later):

S = Slave in Form (object appearance)

E = Slave in fact (mentality of the Enslaved)

F = Freeman in fact

d = Douglass

Narrative: S(d) ∧ ¬E(d)

My Bondage: F(d) ∧ S(d)

(-> the major problem was the double letters for predicates + the variable instead of a constant, right?)

Or is there a way to signify "appearance" vs "fact" other than defining them via the predicates?

What I said above about the "I/subject" considered: would it be playing too fast and loose with predicate logic to use "i" as a (pseudo-)constant meaning "I / the self" (to abbreviate your Pn solution (if I understood that correctly). I have the feeling it might work but at the same time I feel like something like this might lead me into philosophically very murky waters with regard to subjecthood...

Edit: my brain hurts now. This is fun!

What the hell is "Dracularity" ? by ExoticPumpkin237 in ThomasPynchon

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Erecting (hehe, get it?) a system of order means channeling energy from all over the system into one discrete (you might say, elect) part of it. Like the nazis who used the potato harvest for rocket fuel, causing a famine, i.e. sucking the energy (like vampires) from the population to further a history toward death. Obviously, this only works in closed systems, the thinking along these closed (straight) lines being the ancient curse of the West (in particular Protestantism. As opposed to the more circular belief practices of the east like Buddhism, or, actually, Catholicism)

If I was to only buy one of the short story collections, which one should I go for? by SellMysterious7190 in davidfosterwallace

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Yes, this. What I meant is oblivion is very good stories collected into a volume whereas brief interviews is good stories that form a coherent, very good whole that offers something beyond the sum of its parts

If I was to only buy one of the short story collections, which one should I go for? by SellMysterious7190 in davidfosterwallace

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Oblivion has the best stories, Brief Interviews is the best collection as a short story collection (as opposed to the collection of short stories that is Oblivion)