[lit-ideas] Re: How elementary, elementary?
- From: Donal McEvoy <donalmcevoyuk@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 10:37:02 +0100 (BST)
--- Andreas Ramos <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Again it seems to me
there is a clear sense in which "a cat", such as
> my
> cat Tinka, is an object. Perhaps you can clarify how there is no sense in
> which a cat is not an 'object'.
>
> A cat isn't an object when it is part of an activity or in the background.
> The subject/object distinction exists only in situations where one is
> regarding the other.
>
> yrs,
> andreas
> www.andreas.com
As I think I pointed out since, I should have said "is an object", not "is
not an object". So this answer does not show there is no sense in which a cat
is ever "an object".
Donal
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