Kate: I understand that Snow White has been presented in books and movies as
a phenomenon. If I inform my neighbour I saw Snow White and she said
"Whatever...
' he might understand that I'd seen a movie or might call an ambulance,
assuming that my eccentricity had reached a new extreme. I rather expect
that philosophers with a more extensive philosophical vocabulary than I have
would have terms to distinguish fictional persons from existing persons
(acknowledging that we cannot absolutely know reality and that William is
right that perception and memory can alter our recall and report of events -
but not necessarily that all our beliefs are fictions of the same nature).
The noumenal truth is that she (Snow White) didn't exist. Another truth is
that she has been portrayed as existing - but presumably philosophers would
not refer to that truth as noumenal.
Geoff C
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To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 4:05 PM
Subject: Re: Malcolm Gladwell and beliefs)
In a message dated 12/31/08 3:57:27 PM, [email protected] writes:
"tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the
truth"
What truth? The noumenal truth of "Snow White" is that she didn't exist.
However large amounts of money and imagination have been invested in
making her
phenomenal existence noumenal enough to be profitable. During the course
of
these endeavors the currently accepted phenomenal truth has changed
considerably.
Does this make the historical phenomenal truth a lie ?
Kate Sullivan
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