pynchon agnostic? II

[jbor]

on 9/3/03 10:37 PM, thomas kyhn rovsing hjoernet at tkrh at worldonline.dk
wrote:

>> 
>>>>> 'I' and 'you' are positions made available by language.
>>>> 
>>>> The differentiated "positions" do exist prior to language, however.
>>> 
>>> No. It's only possible to occupy these positions in language.
>> 
>> Rubbish. 
> 
> Impressive argument.

Thanks. As corporeal beings you and I are separate. Thankfully. This
separation has nothing to do with language. That is obvious. Your argument
that it is "only possible to occupy the positions in language" is rubbish.

Your abuse of Derrida and the Old Testament notwithstanding, the pronouns
"you" and "I" are adaptable to different (and differentiated) speakers'
contexts and they simply signify the pre-existing separation.

best