File spoon-archives/bhaskar.archive/bhaskar_2000/bhaskar.0006, message 60


From: "Colin Wight" <Colin.Wight-AT-aber.ac.uk>
Subject: BHA: RE: DPF citation
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 16:52:26 +0100


 Some things that exist, I have maintained, are
> not and will
> never be "existentially intransitive."

Such as?

 To my mind even more important,
> though, the upshot of all of this is that when you think about the
> development of the concept, it becomes increasingly clear that it is
> ambiguous to the point of allowing for importantly different
> interpretations.
>
> I really can't believe that I have butchered Bhaskar's work in engaging in
> this line of thinking!

No. You are simply not following the development of the concept through his
work. Hence you are trying to fit a natural science deployment into a social
science category, when there is no need since the concept has been amended
to fit social objects. RB is clear on this.

>



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