[lit-ideas] Wittgenstein and the say/show distinction
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2013 11:55:09 -0500 (EST)
In a message dated 2/25/2013 10:41:47 A.M. UTC-02,
donalmcevoyuk@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
But, somehow, this perhaps doesn't need saying.
Donal
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Note that while
"it goes without saying"
is sort of idiomatic, it takes a different scenario, even if not a
Wittgensteinian one, to make sense of
"it goes without showing".
Similarly,
"Needless to say" is pretty idomatic, if otiose ("Why say it then?")
Whereas "needless to show" is rude.
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These elements could all be used against McEvoy's interpretation, or in its
favour, or other.
Cheers
Speranza
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