From: SQUONKSTAIL@aol.com
Date: Thu Oct 03 2002 - 17:18:14 BST
In a message dated 10/3/02 4:36:37 PM GMT Daylight Time, pholden@sc.rr.com
writes:
> Finally, Rorty's "contingent vocabulary" reminds me of that great sage,
> Humpty Dumpty who, in "Through the Looking Glass," has the following
> exchange with Alice:
>
> When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone, "it
> means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less."
> "The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so
> many different things."
> "The question is," said Humpty Dumpty, "which is to be master - that's
> all."
>
> And that's what's frightening. If the criteria for and meaning of truth is
> what groups develop "contingently" over time, then truth is determined
> by the group that has the most power, or "mastery" over other groups.
> We've seen this occur in the pragmatism of the Nazis (Chap. 29), and
> we see it today in the pervasiveness of scientism.
>
> But, I could be wrong.
>
> Platt
>
Hello Platt,
I like this.
There is far more to experience than linguistic expressions of it?
All the best,
Squonk.
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