In a message dated 05/23/2000 9:38:09 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
ransomjsw@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
<<
I disagree. There is plenty of irony in the claim that 'it is true that
there is no truth.' Just as 'near' and 'far' are being used in different
registers to help signal a complex psychic state, so too the two uses of
'truth' work on different levels in 'it is true there is no truth.'
>>
if the statement were true, it would be ironic, but since this "there is no
truth" is what I'm contesting, it should come as no surprise that I disagree
with you.
joe b...
ransomjsw@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
<<
I disagree. There is plenty of irony in the claim that 'it is true that
there is no truth.' Just as 'near' and 'far' are being used in different
registers to help signal a complex psychic state, so too the two uses of
'truth' work on different levels in 'it is true there is no truth.'
>>
if the statement were true, it would be ironic, but since this "there is no
truth" is what I'm contesting, it should come as no surprise that I disagree
with you.
joe b...