[lit-ideas] A Private Prison
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:37:43 EDT
Grice and Geary on 'seem'
In a message dated 8/14/2010 12:47:16 P.M., jejunejesuit.geary2@xxxxxxxxx
writes:
The idea of privatizing prisons and armies is appalling to me. These seem
to me to be patently governmental functions.
Mike Geary
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Consider:
i. These seem to me to be patently governmental functions.
ii. These seem to me to be real.
Singular rather than plural subject:
iii. It seems to me to be blue.
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"These seem to me to be patently governmental functions".
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To use a variable, phi.
"x seems to be phi"
"it seems to me that x is patently phi"
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Grice's question:
"how can something SEEM patently?"
Geary's answer:
"The idea of privatizing prisons and armies is appalling to me. These
seem to me to be patently governmental functions."
--- "seem patently?"
"Yes. They ARE patently governmental functions".
"It seems to you".
"Yes, it seems to me that they are patently governmental functions".
Cfr. Grice:
"The prefacing of an utterance with, "seem" usually indicates what I shall
refer to as the 'doubt-or-denial' implicature".
Speranza -- Bordighera
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------------- What kind of food do they serve in a 'private' prison?
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