Morally Neutral Representation

Bandwraith at aol.com Bandwraith at aol.com
Thu Oct 10 08:54:48 CDT 2002


In a message dated 10/10/02 3:03:27 AM, davidmmonroe at yahoo.com writes:

<< Without "whose" agency?  That of "authorial
intention"?  Or that of "interpretation"?  Er, yes ...

--- Bandwraith at aol.com wrote:
> 
> In more general terms, is there meaning without
> agency?
 >>

I see your point- the confusion between agency and
intentionality; agency being a property of an agent,
intentionality the same, perhaps, but also more (less?)
as in the contemplation to do, a "pre-vector" of desire
(Vector-less desire?).

A related question, then- is there such a beast (or,
rather, beastlessness...) as intentionality sans an
agent? I.e.,  agent-free intentionality?

And another- does intentionality require no fewer
than two agents? Einstein-Bose mediating Fermi-
Dirac? I.e., a field phenonmenon, as opposed to a
pure potential "possessed" by a single agent?

It may all be related to perspective, e.g., was it
the planes or was it beauty that brought down
Kong?

regards



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