[lit-ideas] "What is it like to be a Robin" (Was: What is it like to be a Batman)
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 09:28:57 EST
R. Paul wonders:
"What it is like to have lost a fortune in the stock market?"
"What it is like to have won the Olympic 400 meters?"
"What it is like to be an 80-year-old woman dying of cancer?"
"I suspect that the whole concept of 'knowing what it is like to...' is
under-explored."
Do others agree? I tried my best in Mitchell Paradox Redux but was
_blatantly_ ignored, so I'm here requoting R. Paul's three original examples.
I seem to remember some bibliography (or literature) on this, "What is it
like to be a _bat_?, by NYC professor, Thomas Nagel, and others. The Nagel
article is online.
Cheers,
JL
Philosopher, etc.
Buenos Aires, Argentina.
PS. Batman and Robin, is there any clue that they were
_heterosexual_?
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