Gunnar
I once wrote Bovina Sancta as a heading in an article (Design Issues), to
indicate that design discipline(s) need not regard themselves as holy cows
not to be disassembled ...
Perhaps you could switch to Bovinus Excrementum! as an alternative, or does
that sound too Harry Potterish?
Johann
On 29 December 2017 at 15:36, Gunnar Swanson <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> David,
>
> Thanks. I didn’t reread my post carefully enough or I might have figured
> it out.
>
> The word is not just a normal turn of phrase in the USA but also in
> academic circles. For anyone unfamiliar with Harry Frankfurt’s book on the
> subject, I recommend it. It is readable, short, and interesting. He
> defines the term not as a lie but as a more insidious threat to truth—a
> style of talking that undermines the notion that something is right or
> wrong (in the sense of correct or incorrect) while an outright lie at least
> acknowledges that something is or is not true.
>
>
> Gunnar
>
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>
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Dr. Johann van der Merwe
Independent Design Researcher
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