Bellevue College Commons | Carson Yip | Activity https://commons.bellevuecollege.edu/members/carson-yip/activity/ Activity feed for Carson Yip. Sun, 07 Jun 2026 19:46:39 -0700 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 fabfaa8ca7621b1afee6d9fe481f428c Carson Yip posted a new activity comment https://commons.bellevuecollege.edu/wrussellpayne/2025/11/18/critical-thinking-note-36-getting-comfortable-with-ambiguity/#comment-28 Tue, 18 Nov 2025 18:05:37 -0800 Some of the biggest contributions to philosophy as an academic discipline comes from philosophers examining the role and use of language in human thought, communication, and understanding. Wittgenstein is probably the best example of this, though Chomsky is arguably more (and perhaps ironically so) accessible.

In reply to - William Payne wrote a new post on the site W. Russ Payne Critical Thinking Note 36: Getting Comfortable with AmbiguityPeople understand “getting comfortable with ambiguity” in different ways. That is, the phrase […] ]]> 67007a8e2855142f103cc222d907c06b Carson Yip posted a new activity comment https://commons.bellevuecollege.edu/wrussellpayne/2025/05/06/some-thoughts-on-free-speech/#comment-25 Thu, 08 May 2025 02:57:33 -0700 I agree with the symptoms described here but propose a different flavor to the concluded take, because I believe the root cause of these issues is 1) unavoidable and 2) fundamental and inescapable to the dynamics of human interaction.

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In reply to - William Payne wrote a new post on the site W. Russ Payne Some Thoughts on Free SpeechFree speech has become a problem. Provocateurs and trolls routinely appeal to free speech as license to say things they know […] ]]>