Jow,
Gilles Deleuze, _The Logic of Sense_ is a whole book of philosophy which
deals with this paradox. "...the paradoxical instance has precisely this
singular being, this "objective," which corresponds to the question as
such, and corresponds without ever answering it." [p57]
I have an undergrad major in philosophy of culture (along with writing)
and graduate major in philosophy of the social sciences (along with a
cultural studies major) and from my reading Henry's comments are
correct. I'll say more in my other post.
Any many thanks for the URL for the article. It sounds worth reading,
so I will have a look. Always looking for interesting stuff to read.
best, Chris Jones.
On Wed, 2003-04-09 at 10:02, Jow Lindsay wrote:
> >When I say "All reporting
> >is biased," I am in a sense MAKING A REPORT which I am
> >asking to be taken as a truth. But if all reporting is
> >biased, then I am simultaneously making a biased report
> >which I am nevertheless asking to be taken as unvarnished
> >truth. In other words, my assertion is resting on
> >an unstated assumption that there is a common truth to
> >be known.
>
> you know, I have trouble with this: it seems persuasive, like a Xeno paradox,
> even though the conclusions don't even flash-in-the-pan out for me. someone
> with a philosophy degree could probably take it out, boom!w
>
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