[lit-ideas] Re: The Philosophy of Handkerchiefs
- From: David Ritchie <profdritchie@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 11:31:31 -0800
On Jan 22, 2015, at 4:06 AM, (Redacted sender "Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx" for DMARC)
wrote:
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> The test here seems Meinongian.
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> He said, "They say squares are square; therefore, I deem a 'round square'
> something that _is_, but does not _exist_." The existence of Meinongian
> objects constitutes what Grice calls a 'Meinongian jungle'.
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> The attesting, in Google, of phrases like "triangular handkerchief" (a),
> "rectangular handkerchief" (b), and "round handkerchief" (c), proves that
> Marie Antoinette was being facetious.
Maybe she was thinking of what father wouldn't recognize. See end of this clip:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iozkIWBGR8
David Ritchie
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