[FRIAM] Myth of the Given

[Eric Charles]

>
> There is such a thing as "bullshit", and this ain't it.


Touché! Damn these double edged swords!

I clearly should have said: We can treat "everything is text" *as if* it is
the feces of a male bovine :- )

<echarles at american.edu>


On Sat, Aug 22, 2020 at 9:00 AM glen∉ℂ <gepropella at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ha! Yes, that's a much more reasonable statement than saying "'everything
> is text' is bullshit". It's not bullshit. It may be a bit misguided. Or
> perhaps they're overstating the case simply to provide emphasis to their
> (overly dense) audience. But calling it "bullshit" doesn't help. There is
> such a thing as "bullshit", and this ain't it.
>
> On 8/21/20 6:25 PM, Eric Charles wrote:
> > ---You can't take "as if P" seriously without taking P seriously.---
> >
> > It's not what I'm taking seriously, though, right? I don't doubt that
> the authors in question take textual interpretation seriously (and come
> from a tradition of taking textual interpretation seriously). I also don't
> doubt that the methods they developed in that context can provide insights
> in other contexts. But that doesn't make those other contexts into texts.
>
>
> >     On 8/21/20 8:28 AM, Eric Charles wrote:
> >      > A totally bullshit position that no one should ever have
> tolerated for a minute: "Everything is text."
>
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