[lit-ideas] Donaller
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2004 12:11:15 EDT
In a message dated 10/6/2004 1:30:32 PM Eastern Standard Time,
Robert.Paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
There are no metaphysical bundles of agentless 'doings.' If something else
is meant by the formula 'x is (essentially?) what x does,' I'm not clear
what
it is.
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Well, the idea was:
What is Britney Spears?
as opposed to
_Who_ is Britney Spears.
Some suggested:
She's a lip-syncher.
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My proposal was that any '-er' ending word one uses to _label_ a person
describes her essence.
-- This may need a contextual focusing. Britney Spears may be a different
sort of "-er" for a different person (a "daughtER" to his mothER, notably). But
there's no way of escaping the fact that '-er' words essentially
'essentialize'.
Cheers,
JL
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