Subject: Paralogy Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 01:11:59 -0500 (EST) Lois, thanks for the close reading. On 61, it seems that "pragmatics of knowledge" doesn't refer either to narrative or scientific knowledge. This knowledge involves a "move", a digression from the consensus which posits "the existence of a power that destabilizes the capacity for explanation, manifested in the promulgation of new norms for understanding" (pg61). The emphasis lyotard writes, in section 14, falls on dissension. In section 7 on the pragmatics of scientific knowledge he compares the two pragmatics on pg25-26. Paragraph 5 catches my attention. There, it is the game of science that "implies a diachronic temporality, that is, a memory and a project." In this game, the tendency is to use accent rather than rhythm which as I think implies an amnesiac operation. The past is forgotten, dropped, a new adventure of language and its game draws the attention of your thoughts... I am not finished, I'll have to drop this here for now. ari --
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