But the reality was in the article in his references to Phoenix. They are big and they are growing. Seems to me we, in Detroit, saw this happen when the late Henry Ford II appeared on Meet the Press and ordained that "we'll give the Jap's (sic) the small cars. . . "" Lexus anyone?
-----Original Message----- From: Ken Steele [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Mon 1/19/2009 1:25 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re: [tips] The Fish Course (something fishy) Paul Brandon wrote: > I haven't read this article, but I do occasionally read him for amusement. > He's a philosopher, which means that he doesn't feel any need to tie his > statements to reality, and has no appreciation for systematic data > collection. > Internal consistency is all! > Sounds like he's talking about himself. > Fish's degree is in English and he is a prominent deconstructionist. I think he would agree with Paul that he doesn't feel any need to tie his statements to reality because he questions the existence of "reality." A famous story illustrates Fish's view: "A simple illustration of interpretive communities is Fish's story of baseball umpire Bill Klem, who once waited a long time to call a particular pitch. "Well, is it a ball or strike," the player asked impatiently. To which Klem replied, "Sonny, it ain't nothing 'til I call it" - saying, in effect, that balls and strikes are not facts in the world but "come into being only on the call of an umpire." This example shows how his scholarship questions our conventional assumptions about fairness, justice, and truth." from http://www.biographybase.com/biography/Fish_Stanley.html But substitute "surgeon" for "umpire" and "liver" for "strike" and "lung" for "ball." I'm glad Fish doesn't teach in a med school. Ken --------------------------------------------------------------- Kenneth M. Steele, Ph.D. [email protected] Professor Department of Psychology http://www.psych.appstate.edu Appalachian State University Boone, NC 28608 USA --------------------------------------------------------------- --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
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