[lit-ideas] Fiction and Fact
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2011 11:20:30 -0500 (EST)
In a message dated 11/25/2011 11:01:30 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
donalmcevoyuk@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
Popper has also said on a number of occasions (including a letter he wrote
to me when I was a teenager) that capitalism is a 'fiction' - and that he
does not defend the fiction called 'capitalism'.
Usually, 'fiction' is contrasted with 'fact' ("I'm looking for
non-fiction").
On the whole, the distinction does not hold, though it may.
Many philosophers have abused, even, the word, 'fiction'. Bentham, among
them. It _is_ a good keyword in philosophical discourse, and I'm glad Popper
used it.
Cheers,
Speranza
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