[lit-ideas] Re: Agnotology
- From: Paul Stone <pastone@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 14:06:11 -0400
the jejune jesuit:
"So why didn't the speaker say simply, "Please close the door which is
ajar." But then, isn't that implicaturely otiose? For why would someone
ask another someone to close a closed door? Why? you ask.
[pulls on Rumsfeld Hallowe'en mask - hey, it's devilish costume, not like I
dressed up as a woman or anything]
There are doors which are closed. There are doors which are open. There are
doors which are close to being closed, there are those that are a jar [sic]
and there are doors whose open-ness is unknown.
meekly contributing,
p
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