[lit-ideas] Re: Paradeigmata
- From: Robert Paul <rpaul@xxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:05:09 -0800
---- The Palmian, Gricean, query, next is:
"Is a paradigm of x an x?"
Says who?
For Plato, the paradigm of an x is not an x, but an X. But, then, of
course an x is not really even an x, but a mere shadow, copy, pale
imitation of, or clumsy attempt to create, an X. However, somebody in
Aristotle's Metaphysics (I think) wonders what makes an X an X. It is
all downhill from there.
Robert Paul
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