On Tue, 14 Mar 2000, Bob wrote:
> I'm sorry, but I must disagree. Certainly there are historical
> "facts" which generally are pretty much accepted as "true." An
> example of such a fact might be the date of the signing & names of
> the signers of the U.S. Declaration of Independence.
And you know, the good old stuffy Anglo-Americans have a *way* bigger
problem with this kind of thing than the post-whatevers do. 'Cause the
past is, you know, *passed*, gone, not there any more--so what do our
propositions about the past *refer* to? Nothing! Uh oh. (I dunno, what
*could* they refer to? Memories? Oh dear. Records? Zut alors.)
Matthew
---Matthew A. King---Department of Philosophy---York University, Toronto---
"Boredom is the dream bird that hatches the egg of experience."
-----------------------------(Walter Benjamin)-----------------------------
> I'm sorry, but I must disagree. Certainly there are historical
> "facts" which generally are pretty much accepted as "true." An
> example of such a fact might be the date of the signing & names of
> the signers of the U.S. Declaration of Independence.
And you know, the good old stuffy Anglo-Americans have a *way* bigger
problem with this kind of thing than the post-whatevers do. 'Cause the
past is, you know, *passed*, gone, not there any more--so what do our
propositions about the past *refer* to? Nothing! Uh oh. (I dunno, what
*could* they refer to? Memories? Oh dear. Records? Zut alors.)
Matthew
---Matthew A. King---Department of Philosophy---York University, Toronto---
"Boredom is the dream bird that hatches the egg of experience."
-----------------------------(Walter Benjamin)-----------------------------