[lit-ideas] Re: Bush on "a third world" -- and Popper
- From: Donal McEvoy <donalmcevoyuk@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 13:50:04 +0100 (BST)
--- Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
>
> In a message dated 10/9/2004 4:00:45 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> Robert.Paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> And what my worry is is that, you know, it looks like it's from Canada,
> and
> it
> might be from a third world.
>
>
> ----
>
> That's interesting.
>
> As far as I know, Sir Karl, however, never qualified _der dritte welt_ (the
>
> third world) with an indefinite ("_einer dritte welt"). So, in this sense,
> Bush is being more Popperian than Popper (himself).
Well, if there is the third world there is a third world. But Bush
(obviously) is using 'third world' in a different sense to Popper's third
world. It was to avoid this confusion that Popper altered his terminology and
spoke of World 3 rather than the third world. Bush, therefore ,is not being
Popperian at all here.
Donal
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