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Article #916Re: Logic (WAS Re: War!)
From: Gary Merrill
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 13:54
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 13:54
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In article <1993Jan27.224002.19154@samba.oit.unc.edu>, Charlie.Creegan@launchpad.unc.edu (Charlie Creegan) writes: |> Similarly all elements of St. Ayn's fiction are at one remove; e.g. you |> wouldn't think of appealing to John Galt as an authority (would you?) |> Any authority in those speeches is just your interpretation of what you |> think the author meant by including them. Maybe the whole corpus is a |> really truly intentional joke on all Objectivists! Since one of Rand's favorite techniques is to quote Galt in support of her views and as an illustration of the choices, values, and views one has available in life, I certainly hope you are not suggesting that there is anything methodologically suspect about this technique simply because Galt is a creature of fiction. Since Rand does this, it seems only fair to allow her followers to do so as well. -- Gary H. Merrill [Principal Systems Developer, C Compiler Development] SAS Institute Inc. / SAS Campus Dr. / Cary, NC 27513 / (919) 677-8000 sasghm@theseus.unx.sas.com ... !mcnc!sas!sasghm
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Newsgroups: sci.philosophy.tech Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!math.fu-berlin.de!ira.uka.de!scsing.switch.ch!univ-lyon1.fr!ghost.dsi.unimi.it!rpi!gatech!concert!sas!mozart.unx.sas.com!sasghm From: sasghm@theseus.unx.sas.com (Gary Merrill) Subject: Re: Logic (WAS Re: War!) Originator: sasghm@theseus.unx.sas.com Sender: news@unx.sas.com (Noter of Newsworthy Events) Message-ID: <C1KHA1.2DB@unx.sas.com> Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 13:54:00 GMT References: <1993Jan22.160827.15320@samba.oit.unc.edu> <C1F6En.JKs@umassd.edu> <C1GsqA.KC4@unx.sas.com> <1993Jan27.224002.19154@samba.oit.unc.edu> Nntp-Posting-Host: theseus.unx.sas.com Organization: SAS Institute Inc. Lines: 20