Re: [LUG] GLUG - free and non-free

[Keith Abraham <keith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Jon. I'm not familiar with this work but I'll try
and get hold of a copy.

I've spent half my life involved in this sort of thing both
in my leisure time and at universty and I had hoped, in my
retirement, to get away from it all. But thanks to DCLUG I
feel the bug beginning to bite again. You horrible people ;-)

Keith
>
Jondavey wrote:
> ......It`s interesting you brought that up. There`s actually some stuff
> similar to what you just mentioned written in the name of littery
> critiscism. In paticular "Ideology" by Terry Eglaton. It`s MHO that an
> understanding of some of his and the concepts that you mentioned before
> would provide a solid backbone for the understanding and defineing of
> freedom and social movements.......Jon Davey.....
> --------- Original message --------
> From: "Keith Abraham" <keith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "list@xxxxxxxxxxxx" <list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [LUG] GLUG - free and non-free
> Date: 10-18-04 15:45
>
> Somewhat off topic but I think it's an important point.
>
> I often note in this thread a tendancy to think of words
> as denoting objects (whether physical or abstract).
> Until the last century this has been a source of confusion
> in philosophy for many thousands of years.
>
> The meaning of words is in their use.
> It's a far to difficult a subject to explain in an email
> but perhaps a few hours reading Wittgenstein's
> "Philosophical Investigations" or Austin's "How to do things
> with Words' might benefit. (Don't be put off by the latter's
> title as it's actually a profound piece of work.)
>
> I'm afraid it's a little bit like giving up smoking or going
> 'cold turkey' but once you realise what is being said in
> these works you'll find it hard to make the same mistake
> again.
>
> Keith
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