[lit-ideas] The Philosophy of As If
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:48:49 EDT
In a message dated 3/11/2009 5:30:18 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
juliereneb@xxxxxxxxx writes:
what is "quasi-money"??!?!!
Julie Krueger
mystified & wondering what else "quasi" is out there that I don't know
about....
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This may relate. In UC/Berkeley, philosopher Grice once taught a seminar on
'as if' -- Nancy Cartwright attended and wrote about it later. There is a
German philosopher who wrote a whole book about it too, "als ob".
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I guess it may relate to 'quasi' -- quasi semi indeed:
J. K.:
>Not only does it roll off the tongue nicely, but the potential metaphysical
implications are lovelywonderful.
quasi-semi:
either of a pair of semi-detached houses
joined only by a common wall in their garages;
(also) the end house of a terrace.
QUOTES:
1946 J. SUMMERSON Georgian London xx. 264
"Quasi-semi-detached houses."
1974 P. WRIGHT Lang. Brit. Industry xvii. 162
"*Quasi-semis, joined by their garages, certainly act as semis,
though their Latin quasi sounds so foreign to English speech."
???
The Language of British Industry?? What a book!
So they do act as semis
I.e. A quasi-semi acts _as_ a semi.
The metaphysical implication is that a quasi-semi is _deemed_ a semi.
As when in Oxford, a master was not allowed to keep a dog (dogs are not
allowed in College), so the dog was _deemed_ a cat.
It would be otiose to call it a 'quasi-cat', though, since he acted _as_ a
cat.
Indeed, it's _more_ otiose to say that a _cat_ acts _as_ a cat.
SECOND QUOTE:
1979 W. Lancs. Evening Gaz. 23 Feb. 17 (advt.)
"Quasi semi conveniently situated to all schools."
This is Western Lancashire, and I cannot see how it is situated _to_ all
schools -- 'near' (i.e. neighbourhood) all schools, mainly? Including Eton? Ah.
Cheers,
J. L. Speranza
Buenos Aires, Argentina
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