> > There is such a thing as "bullshit", and this ain't it.
Touché! Damn these double edged swords! I clearly should have said: We can treat "everything is text" *as if* it is the feces of a male bovine :- ) <[email protected]> On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 9:00 AM glen∉ℂ <[email protected]> wrote: > Ha! Yes, that's a much more reasonable statement than saying "'everything > is text' is bullshit". It's not bullshit. It may be a bit misguided. Or > perhaps they're overstating the case simply to provide emphasis to their > (overly dense) audience. But calling it "bullshit" doesn't help. There is > such a thing as "bullshit", and this ain't it. > > On 8/21/20 6:25 PM, Eric Charles wrote: > > ---You can't take "as if P" seriously without taking P seriously.--- > > > > It's not what I'm taking seriously, though, right? I don't doubt that > the authors in question take textual interpretation seriously (and come > from a tradition of taking textual interpretation seriously). I also don't > doubt that the methods they developed in that context can provide insights > in other contexts. But that doesn't make those other contexts into texts. > > > > On 8/21/20 8:28 AM, Eric Charles wrote: > > > A totally bullshit position that no one should ever have > tolerated for a minute: "Everything is text." > > > - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >
- .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/
