Marsha asked dmb:
...I don't understand what you are talking about. ...On what basis do you
believe you and James and Wallace are all in sync? Your opinion based on
"every intellectual standard"??? You and James and Wallace... OMG!
dmb says:
Why is so hard to believe that I understand what Wallace is saying about James?
My opinion is based on the research I did for my Master's thesis. The thesis
committee members all signed off on it, which means that it meets the usual
intellectual standards. This sort of thing happens routinely and nobody thinks
it takes god-like powers.
Wallace doesn't have to agree with James on every little point in order for
them to be in fundamental agreement. But if you want to know if there is
anything like a genuine sympatico between them, just ask Wallace. You've
already admitted that he's a huge fan of James. Anyone could dig up a quote
saying so in about one minute. So, what's the point of denying now except to
make yourself look like a bullshitter? What kind of ridiculous straw man would
say any two thinkers were alike in every respect? Everybody knows that nobody
but straw men ever talk like that.
And besides all that, there is nothing extraordinary about being on the same
topic as Wallace and James. Knowing how James characterizes experience is not a
magic trick. One just reads the primary and secondary sources, namely the works
of William James and the work of James scholars - including people like
Wallace. That's how one joins the conversation, the one you're not following.
If you haven't read James, (and nobody is stopping you) then you simply have no
basis on which to understand, let alone evaluate the Wallace quote you posted.
You just haven't done the work that would allow you to agree or disagree with
Wallace's criticism of James. If I've done the homework and been tested and you
haven't then how likely is it that you understand it and I don't? You've
launched an attack on James with a quote about James against a guy who just
finished a 100 page paper on James - even though you don't know anything about
James. Then you question the basis of my opinion on the to
pic?! What kind of upside down fruit cake are you selling here sister? This is
not what a conversationalist does. That's what a bullshitter does.
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