Doug Henwood wrote:
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> Carrol Cox wrote:
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> >That would explain the strange
> >doctrine Doug ascribes to you that questions are ontologically prior to
> >affirmations.
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> Carrol, can't you quote?
When I have the text in front of me -- my memory's less dpendable than
my sight.
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> Catherine's aphorism, which I cherish a lot, is that she wasn't done
> with a paper yet because she hadn't figured out what questions to ask
> her answers. Clearly, this impulse isn't one that every writer feels.
But I guess I can paraphrase pretty well even what I remember inaccurately. My original post still stands as construal of the material content of yhe claim as stated.
> Clearly, this impulse isn't one that every writer feels.
I don't believe that. I have always had an almost obsessive compulsion to be sure my answers are not unintended tautology -- but unless the aphorism you quote is a conscious repudiation of the Theses on Feuerbach it is sheer babble.
Carrol
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> Doug