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pwhodges:
--- Quote from: KharBevNor on 30 Jan 2011, 08:12 ---we only know the authors stated intention. It becomes clear, in fact, that the stated or presented intention is all the intention we can ever know, if we know the intention at all. Thus, plainly the idea of intention is meaningless
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Although I am happy with the idea that we can choose to place our own interpretation on the text (and in many cases may have to), I really do not see any justification for the jump at the end of your statement in my quote. If the author tells you something, why is it then "plain" that what they tell you is meaningless?
KharBevNor:
Because we cannot assume the author is reliably stating his intention. I should probably have been a little clearer; it's not meaningless in terms of being without content, it's meaningless in terms of being an objective or reasonable standard by which to categorise work.
Elysiana:
I'm about 3/4 of the way through A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson. Not quite as fun as, say, A Walk in the Woods, but it's kind of neat to brush up on my natural history and science a bit, even if it is just bits and pieces.
The Seldom Killer:
Just read The Pursuit of Glory - Bradley Wiggins
Not the best written biography but very clear and very honest, offering a keen insight into the competitive mind.
valley_parade:
The Game, by Ken Dryden.
It's aboat hockey, eh.
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