[lit-ideas] What Every School-Boy Knows
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 22:22:14 EST
McCreery:
"One conclusion, however, is sure. Oxford dons poring over their local
dialect of English and approaching their project in a spirit that requires
the constant challenge of assumptions may produce all sorts of charming or
interesting comments. Knowledge they cannot be."
-- and then minutes ago, I've just posted a LOONG post on one Oxford don I
like
which thus McCreery, upon fear of gagging, will ignore.
But I cannot see how you can be so sure about the conclusion. Do you _know_
it.
Also, it's not clear what 'they' refers to in your final sentence in the
passage above.
Surely the charming don's 'assumption' is never _claimed_ to be 'knowledge'.
Knowledge is demystified by the Oxford don. It's placed in perspective,
within philosophy of perception, and so-called 'epistemology'.
Is discussed by Englishmen vis a vis other Englishmen to rectify
the Englishmen's conception on how to use 'know'.
They will not accept 'prescriptions' -- and each don -- but not necessarily
his tuttee -- will put forward his definition to _calm_ his Socratic
zeal for "maieuticks", not because he has to please, God forbid,
Popper or Feyerabend.
Cheers,
J. L. S.
B. A., Argentina
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