M&D read and Truth

[Mark Kohut]

Matthew,

You are either playing FAR ahead or priming the pump. All I will say is
that if anyone reads that paragraph on Truth as the truth, then they need
to be given
nesting dolls to study. I will try to approach close as I can get to
Cavell, whom I know a little....and you can do it with the others.

Ciao,
Mark

On Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 5:26 AM, matthew cissell <mccissell at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Dear P-list,
>
> To the extent that a person's reading experience is shaped by where and
> and when and how s/he reads something, it is hard to imagine a hermetic
> separation of the growing division portrayed in the novel and the division
> we see in many societies today, especially the US.
>
>   Moreover, in this era with its increasing assaults on the pursuit of
> truth, I think we must carefully consider one of the most oft quoted lines
> from M&D that occurs about 350 pages into the book and concerns Truth.
> Perhaps in counter balance to the usual interrogators of Truth (Derrida
> will do for a cliché example, but you may add others) let me suggest we
> contemplate thinkers such as Donald Davidson, Michael Dummett and/ or
> Stanley Cavell.
>
> I'll see what I can throw in along the way.
>
> ciao
> mc
>
>
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