[lit-ideas] Donalling Donal
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2004 12:23:19 EDT
In a message dated 10/7/2004 4:02:33 AM Eastern Standard Time,
donalmcevoyuk@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> Dispositional accounts usually trail off into circularity, Ryle to the
> contrary.
Why circular?
> That 'Ryle to the contrary' may, I hope, get me off Donal's little list for
> about five minutes.
What little list? This creeps me out.
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I think R. Paul means that if you define the disposition to break
('fragile') as that disposition an object has that if it falls, it breaks, then
you are
defining 'breakable' in terms of 'break', and that's circular (or
circulable, actually).
By 'little list', I think R. Paul's reference is to the Japanese operetta by
Gilbert and Sullivan.
Cheers,
JL
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