In a message dated 12/30/08 6:18:08 PM, [email protected] writes:
> Perhaps I can sharpen by > asking, do you feel "Snow White" and "Newman is Dead" are EQUALLY "fiction"? > > > The Noumenal Newman is dead but both the phenomenal Newman and the phenomenal Snow White live on. "Newman is Dead" is not true of the phenomenal Newman. "Snow White is Dead" is not true of the noumenal Snow White because there isn't one. "Snow White is Dead" is not true of the phenomenal Snow White. I think you are assuming that fiction and phenomenal are the same thing. The phenomenal Newman is not necessarily entirely without noumenal reference-history, movies, jars of stuff,relatives,people who knew him. The phenomenal "Snow White" hasn't got any relatives or people who knew her and doesn't appear in any movies which are not about herself, and her history stretches over more than one human lifespan. KAte Sullivan ************** One site keeps you connected to all your email: AOL Mail, Gmail, and Yahoo Mail. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp& icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000025)
