Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 08:44:05 +0100 To: bhaskar-AT-jefferson.village.virginia.edu From: ccw94-AT-aber.ac.uk (COLIN WIGHT) Subject: Re: BHA: People's ideas Tim, Yes I agree especially the point about: > a vaguely apocalyptic vision of Language-as-system >generating individual utterances that we stupidly ascribe to >individuals. We end up with a sort of Durkheimian scenario, to refer to >Bhaskar's schema in "Reclaiming Reality" ch. 5. But Bhaskar seems useful >precisely for showing how that "structurally-determinist" position is >inadequate for explanatory purposes. In my discipline many Wittgensteinians get themselves into the same determinist position vis-a-vis "language games", which are seemingly played without players. Thanks, ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Colin Wight Department of International Politics University of Wales, Aberystwyth Aberystwyth SY23 3DA -------------------------------------------------------- --- from list bhaskar-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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