[lit-ideas] Re: Pinning down the meaning, or not
- From: Donal McEvoy <donalmcevoyuk@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 19:13:33 +0100 (BST)
--- On Wed, 22/6/11, Lawrence Helm <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>JL,
It is almost impossible to say or write anything at all complicated that cannot
be misunderstood,>
Popper would extend this - he would drop the qualification "at all complicated"
and "almost" - it is impossible to write even the simplest thing so that it
cannot be misunderstood. The reception of Popper's work, which tries to be as
simple as clear as possible, is itself a shining example, but one that is
partly explained because Popper's non-justificationist view of 'knowledge' is
so different to that of most professional philosophers.
Donal
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