Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 08:16:20 -0800
From: "Gerald M. Swatez" <swatez-AT-ni.net>
Subject: Re: contingent constructs and self-evident truths (was: the rest 


(I wrote this some days ago. Neglected to push the 'send' button. Sorry.)

At 5:41 PM -0800 3/10/99, hugh bone wrote:
>I received the message before - no problem.

Thanks, Hugh.

>Where have all the posters gone???

Yeah. Right.

>And the schedule etc. ---

Actually, I'd kinda prefer to chew on each successive section until it
feels more or less digestible, instead of using a schedule set up ahead of
time.  --Getting a consensus for moving to each next one, respectively.
We're so very very slow getting started, that might be more realistic as a
plan.


>I am intrigued by several facets of "Le Differend":
>The limitations "enforced" by phrases, including:
>What we can say and not say.
>Hear and not hear.
>Be obligated for.
>The Social Bond.
>Determinaion of guilt, or acquittal in judicial proceedings.
>And much more.

Yes, yes. Especially "hear and not hear". Again, I want to get some
practice in talking about these things in the way that Lyotard does in "Le
Differend".

I'd like to start by trying to go through some the "Preface: Reading
Dossier" together.

Jerry