[lit-ideas] "As If", "Like", And Other Eye-Openers
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:52:36 EDT
In a message dated 3/20/2009 11:09:05 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
donalmcevoyuk@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
--- On Thu, 12/3/09, Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx <Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks. Now for the logical form! It seems resonant
> of "Not!"
Its logical form is, more precisely, "Not possible" (cf. KR Popper "The 'As
If' As A Logical Conditional In Ordinary and Mathematical Language" in
'Collected Ramblings').
Donal
London
----
I'm working on Popper's, currently, notion of 'eigenaupfenuner', or
eye-opener.
He notes that in California (he visited in 1957) 'as if' is used like
'like', to 'open-the-eye':
He dresses as if he is a girl
He is like a girl
He uses other examples from theoretical physics but they do not seem as
relevant.
JLS
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