tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754656913071545360.post2107818777757245434..comments2023-10-03T10:29:59.653-04:00Comments on Oberon Shakespeare Study Group: What's your authority for that statement?Richard Joyrichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09329531103684831672noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754656913071545360.post-45687436823254998122013-10-28T19:36:03.127-04:002013-10-28T19:36:03.127-04:00Heward Wilkinson said...
> We need to clearly ...Heward Wilkinson said...<br /><br />> We need to clearly distinguish 'Conspiracy theory A' is 'a theory adopted delusionally for paranoid or cultic motivations' - we could label this 'conspiracy theory - cultic sense'. <br />> NOTE that, on this definition, it is possible to hold a rational theory AS a 'conspiracy theory - cultic sense'. <br /><br />Agreed. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01847725989815546661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754656913071545360.post-12825418833837557272013-10-28T19:34:56.388-04:002013-10-28T19:34:56.388-04:00Heward Wilkinson said...
> We need to clearly ...Heward Wilkinson said...<br /><br />> We need to clearly distinguish 'Conspiracy theory A' is 'a theory adopted delusionally for paranoid or cultic motivations' - we could label this 'conspiracy theory - cultic sense'. <br />> NOTE that, on this definition, it is possible to hold a rational theory AS a 'conspiracy theory - cultic sense'. <br /><br />Agreed. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01847725989815546661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6754656913071545360.post-16763258527370552362013-10-26T13:44:08.447-04:002013-10-26T13:44:08.447-04:00We need to clearly distinguish
1. TWO senses of &...We need to clearly distinguish <br />1. TWO senses of 'sceptic', and, in turn,<br />2. TWO senses of 'conspiracy theory'. Let me clarify this carefully, starting with 2, and then clarifying 1. in that light. The matter has further complications but this is a start. <br /><br />'Conspiracy theory A' is 'a theory adopted delusionally for paranoid or cultic motivations&#Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com