Colin wrote:
> But it seems you do have some idea of Doug's usage of the term, and if
> Foucault rejects this usage what then provides the moral grounds for acting.
> I mean, why not 'prefer the destruction of the world to my little finger',
> as one wag once put it? (Hume actually).
Ah, the "hint hint nudge nudge know what I mean" approach to philosophy!
I'll let Doug speak for his own usage. I also have no idea if Foucault
"rejects" this usage, I just suspect that he uses the term differently
than Doug does.
I think, BTW, that we need a FAQ for this list. The list is constantly
answering (or refusing to answer for the umptieth time) the same questions
>from people who get on the list because they heard some scandalizing
tidbit about "pomo" and want to have some fun. Or maybe we need a
"foucault-intro" list, manned by a rotating team of good-willed people who
are willing to field these kinds of questions. Or maybe this _is_ the
foucault-intro list and what we need is a new non-intro list.
-m
> But it seems you do have some idea of Doug's usage of the term, and if
> Foucault rejects this usage what then provides the moral grounds for acting.
> I mean, why not 'prefer the destruction of the world to my little finger',
> as one wag once put it? (Hume actually).
Ah, the "hint hint nudge nudge know what I mean" approach to philosophy!
I'll let Doug speak for his own usage. I also have no idea if Foucault
"rejects" this usage, I just suspect that he uses the term differently
than Doug does.
I think, BTW, that we need a FAQ for this list. The list is constantly
answering (or refusing to answer for the umptieth time) the same questions
>from people who get on the list because they heard some scandalizing
tidbit about "pomo" and want to have some fun. Or maybe we need a
"foucault-intro" list, manned by a rotating team of good-willed people who
are willing to field these kinds of questions. Or maybe this _is_ the
foucault-intro list and what we need is a new non-intro list.
-m