[lit-ideas] The Donalling of Donal
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 09:00:46 EDT
In a message dated 10/5/2004 12:10:55 AM Eastern Standard Time,
NYCEric@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
Isn't "Donal" the doing of Donal?
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Well, yes.
For Deleuze, it is the _making_ of Donal, rather.
For Derrida, it is the _constructing_ of Donal -- hence his (Derrida's)
theory of 'deconstruction'.
This was indeed good ole W. V. O. Quine's attempt with proper nouns: to turn
them into verbs.
Quine's famous example:
Pegasus pegausises
('On what there is', _From a logical point of view_).
Quine's technique avoids essences, and perhaps Deleuze's and Derrida's, too.
It's the featuring of the operator "Nec." -- it is _necessary_ -- which
brings back certain features (to the Donalling of Donal without which Donal
would
just _cease_ to exist).
Cheers,
JL
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