[lit-ideas] Re: The Philosophy of Air-Conditioning
- From: Eric Yost <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:50:40 -0400
>>This Popper calls "Perspectivism".
Not any more. Popper's dead. He took that phrase
and his knight errantry to the grave, saying
"Falsify this!" to Hades and come-what-may.
Nietzsche never used the term "perspectivism,"
although he was entitled to do so. Likely the term
would have nettled him as much as it would have
peeved Heraclitus.
In Key West pre-mid-century last, Wallace Stevens
used the term "perspectivism" in conversation with
Hemingway. Hemingway knocked his lights out. He
had to do it. He had promised Miss Stein.
Students don't favor the term much either. Since
about the time of the Space Shuttle Challenger
Disaster (roger go with throttle up) professors
who have attempted to introduce the term
"perspectivism" to their freshmen classes have
been routinely assaulted with cream pies, tacks on
chairs, or the more familiar Ostrogoth war mace.
The people, students that is, have spoken on the
matter, and there seems little flexibility in
their point of view.
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