But might we not address the issues raised without having to actually address Schneider's arguments (muddled as they are) - This refusal to deal with issues outside of the instrumentality of one's own subjectivity rather than for the sake of the collective is the type of privatization of public space that I indicated to William has come to be endemic of this listserv. I sent this text along because the question of the autonomy (independent nature) of aesthetic experience seems to underlie many of this listserv's members value systems, expectations and beliefs.
On 10/13/12 5:22 PM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > In a message dated 10/13/12 3:23:13 PM, [email protected] writes: > > >> Are you sure you read this carefully enough,before shooting it down as >> not expressed with sufficient clarity for discussion? >> > Yes, say I, I'm sure. I gave only Exhibit One. But I could easily fill > two pages detailing lots of additional evidence for feeling Schneider is not > equipped to clearly discuss the numerous terms he uses. > > I plead regretfully guilty to seeming abrupt and dismissive, but the > repelling truth is, I've learned how bootless it is to try to convey to > someone > unequipped that he is unequipped. (I'll preemptively try to fend off an > obvious reponse by saying I'm aware of dozens of other topics in which I > myself > would be woefully unequipped.) > >> It is always >> possible to improve on any phrasing but sometimes the problem,clumsily >> stated as it may be, is more interesting than straightening out the >> prose.
