Just for the Record

Paul Mackin pmackin at clark.net
Wed May 10 16:46:52 CDT 2000



On Wed, 10 May 2000, Terrance wrote:

> 
> 
> The daily double! How much to you want to risk on your
> knowledge of American fiction, Paul? 


Something I never heard of would come up in the first question.

> And some philosophers are concerned as to whether
> scientific experiments are just or not, right? Technology
> was an issue, a question for philosophy, for moral
> philosophy, not science, when philosophy was not too old and
> science was too young, right? 

Yes, philosophers definitely are concerned. And rightly so. 


> And can it be a very good
> place for the novelist to be,
> between science and philosophy. 


Yes, because it leave room for variation.

And I agree the question Rob raised is an interesting one. But probably we
much await the pynchon archives.

		P.






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