Re: Myth of the Given

Posted by gepr on Aug 22, 2020; 12:59pm
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/Myth-of-the-Given-tp7598392p7598436.html

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."


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