#A Posteriori

[sombraglaze]

Osrican, my Germanic conlang

I scheduled a post to go up on my conlang blog at the same time as this one, you should check it out!

I wrote a brief overview about my a posteriori language, you can look at the post here: https://sombraglaze.wordpress.com/?p=627

A bit of info on the language below the cut

Osrican is an East Germanic language, it's the official language of a fictional nation called Osric, located between Greece, Albania and North Macedonia.

Its endonym (the native name for the language) is Αυσρëκφιν (Ausrëkfin) pronounced /ˈɐu̯.sɾək.fɪn/. The etymology has been lost to time, however it is believed to be some sort of geographical description since it seems to be related to the word for east: αυσρë (ausrë).

Some of the features that stand out is that it is written with a variation of the Greek alphabet, it has lots of loan words that come from the surrounding languages (certain types of words tend to be borrowed from different sources, showing the language's history) and it is not only Germanic, but it is an East Germanic language, none of which survived in the real world.

The grammar is roughly what you would expect from a Germanic language, it has some of the features you tend to find in the Balkan Sprachbund, and it follows some euroversals, however it has a few idiosyncrasies here and there.

I'm not a great conlanger, so perhaps the language and the setting aren't very realistic (though I am way more confident in my linguistics knowledge than I am in my history knowledge, so maybe the setting is completely implausible, but whatever). I had fun creating the language and it think it taught me some things about conlanging, so I like it.

I got the idea to make a Germanic conlang because I really like how they sound, they're just really beautiful to me, so the phonology was partially inspired by my own taste.

Anyway, if you have any questions or feedback you can let me know! feel free to send me an ask or even dm me (though I'm kinda busy and shy, so I may not reply super fast, but I will get to it eventually) so yeah, thanks for reading! ( ´ ▿ ` )

[bocadosdefilosofia]

«El hombre es una máquina tan compleja que resulta imposible formarse primero una idea clara al respecto y luego definirla en consecuencia. Por eso todas las investigaciones que los más grandes filósofos han hecho a priori, es decir, queriendo servirse en cierta manera de las alas del espíritu, han sido vanas. Así, únicamente a posteriori o tratando de discernir el alma a través de los órganos del cuerpo, se puede, no digo descubrir con evidencia la naturaleza misma del hombre, pero sí alcanzar el mayor grado de probabilidad posible sobre este tema.»

Julien Offray de la Mettrie: El hombre máquina. Eudeba, pág. 35. Buenos Aires, 1963

TGO

@bocadosdefilosofia

@dies-irae-1

[dsirmtcom]

Emmanuel Kant (1724-1804)

#Kantomania Doctrines et vies des philosophes illustres - Emmanuel Kant (1724-1804) #Philosophie #MardiCestPhilosophie #Philosophes #Biographie #Doctrine #Kant #Connaissance #Morale #Jugement #Critique #Raison

Doctrines et vies des philosophes illustres J.-P. Mongin, El día loco del profesor Kant (page de couverture) Éléments biographiques Kant voit le jour le 22 avril 1724, à Königsberg, ville de Prusse devenue depuis Kaliningrad en Russie. Son père est un modeste artisan, sellier de profession, et sa mère, très intelligente d’après Kant, est elle-même fille de sellier. Il grandit et est éduqué…

[punksalmon]

Tell us more about this Escape ending AU that you are completely normal about.

WELL, if you're asking

(i first received this ask in 28th of JUNE, but waited for my uni break so i could be as self-indulgent as possible)

the Escape AU is first and foremost my obsession with (1) epilogue-type stories as a way to deal with the conseguences of a plot (which is especially promising with funger's trauma bonanza) and (2) domestic gay people (which is ALSO especially promising with funger's trauma bonanza). i also like when the domestic couple are kind of freaks.

the background for the AU is mostly based with my number of playthroughs with the game, in particular that as soon as i had the girl and knew what exactly her ending was, i would go after literally any other ending just so she could live.

to say the summary of the dungeon-canon, ragnvaldr goes in the dungeon after le'garde to kill him and enki goes into the dungeon after the ritual of ascension, and they just join forces for survival; the girl only comes after, and because ragnvalr is partly in this whole quest because his child was murdered, he becomes somewhat protective of the girl, and then of enki, to the point of doubt about when does this affection and desire to protect is for them on their own, and when it's just comes as a second hand for the family ragnvaldr's lost. enki isn't arsed with any of it at first, but as a feral cat gaining the literal first modicum of care in its life, he starts to become less sure of how far he'd gone to obtain success when it puts this other people at risk, even without understanding (or accepting) any of it. and the girl is, verbatim, "unused to kindness of any kind" - she literally deserves the world.

the ending E, as exactly "underwhelming" as it is, is a reflection of this sense of care the characters develop: it doesn't matter what the dungeon does offer (and what really the characters do achieve in it; i personally like the idea of them facing Le'garde as the Yellow King in the dungeon, for the pathos of it all). the most important thing after the conga line of misery that funger is, is that for people that at that point had no reason to live, they suddenly get one. for it, they leave behind the dungeon and the promises within.

i still like to think that this sort of decision is not without unrest - i don't think enki would do well as a house wife, and this tension of "did i make a good choice? is this really what i want?" is interesting. i also thing ragvaldr has a little parasocial thing going because of his previous family, and i also think that idea is interesting.

as always, i like to see characters go through the ringer and then try to build a happy ending (or as happy as it can be) out of it. i feel that's a sort o theme anyone can find comfort in. and yes, i do like thinking of the funniest possible nuclear family unity Oldegård would ever see (pair of parents + one kid + a dog). (and i do like thinking about rag and enki doing it nasty. who said that.)

thank you for the ask and literally anyone who has the minimum interest about my brainworms… i loved thinking about them to write this. it also made me draw again (miraculous), so here's a little something.

first leaving the dungeons.

[skyeventide]

doomed by the narrative doesn't just mean "being in a narrative". it means that whatever the character is written to do, the narrative in question, the story, makes it so that the result of their actions will be the same, usually negative or unfair. either a conscious choice from the writer, where there is an overarching curse or theme (you know, like greek tragedy?) that puts that character on a set path from the beginning, sometimes before they were even born, and they cannot stray from it no matter how hard they try or how many chances they might have had to free themselves. or a subconscious choice, where you can see that there could have been such a good story to tell about getting away from that narrative, but the author was too set on their initial decisions, or frankly not that good at writing plot, to see it; so there's a story that forces a character into such a path, full on wasted potential, and we could have done without that. and sometimes there's a mix, where say an author is too stuck on their own religious morality or other types of prejudices and makes up a narrative that dooms a character no matter what. it's intentional, and not in the sense of a good story. in the sense that the author couldn't even think past what they would morally condemn. it's a trope that often uses foreshadowing and makes use of narrative devices. it's generally intentional.

[warriorviscera]

[affogonellamarmellata]

l'unico uso legittimo di una canzone dei beatles in altro media è all you need is love usata come sigla di stranamore btw

[officialpenisenvy]

three young guys on the train discussing the questionable dna evidence in the yara gambirasio murder

[lonesomedotmp3]

love philosophy when it's just shooting the shit about some random crap nobody cares about. when it borders on the scientific? the mathematic? let's all kill ourselves.

[omarfor-orchestra]

Posso condividere la scena di carte da decifrare con Mimmo che avevo scritto tipo un anno fa

[mother-rhoyne]

I swear nothing GRR has ever written on Daenaera Velaryon is as weird as some of you people's take on it

[don-quixotine]

miraculous s5 finale was definitely,,,,, Something. But I did find it interesting that Luka is training to become a Guardian.

It was terribly hilarious and random, but imo it's the one thing that actually made quite a lot of sense.

In terms of stakes, it kind of parallels (and the keyword is kind of) Kagami's knowledge of the senti-twins, which is a nice callback to the supporting role of the alternate love interests.

idk how much longer miraculous will run for at this point i am convinced climate change will first kill us all than miraculous will end lmao but the fact Luka knows the identities of Marinette and Adrien, and that he holds the one miraculous able to turn back time actually make him a perfect candidate to be Marinette's successor as the Guardian if and when she needs to step down.

though honestly i don't think Marinette stepping down from her role as guardian is where the show is headed to. i am not sure how that would even be possible at this point nor i'll stick around to find out lol.

[mysticfemme]

why does Aquinas say we have innate knowledge of god and then say we have to discover it through experience 😭😭 just pick a side bro

[dsirmtcom]

Carnet de vocabulaire philosophique - Apodictique, assertorique, problématique (Jugements) [Kant]

#Kantomania Carnet de vocabulaire philosophique - Apodictique, assertorique, problématique (Jugements) [Kant] #Philosophie #Vocabulaire #MardiCestPhilosophie #Kant #Apodictique #Assertorique #Problématique #Jugement #Modalité #Loi #Morale #Raison #Devoir

Philosophie – Carnet de Vocabulaire Philosophique Apodictique, assertorique, problématique (Jugements) [Kant] Auteur, ouvrages Kant, Critique de la raison pure [Les] propositions géométriques sont toutes apodictiques, c’est-à-dire qu’y est adjointe la conscience de leur nécessité, comme c’est le cas par exemple pour celle selon laquelle l’espace n’a que trois dimensions. Esthétique…