Re: quick question

[Eubulides <paraconsistent@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: "Michael Perelman" <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>



> You should not send in such nice quotes without giving a more precise
> source so that I can steal them.>

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Quote #2 is in the archives as  similar issues have come up before:

[Kim Scheppele in "Another Look at the Problem of Rent Seeking" by Steven
Medema, Journal of Economic Issues Vol xxv # 4]

Quote#1:

Steve Fuller "Philosophy, Rhetoric & the End of Knowledge: The Coming of
Science and Technology Studies. U Wisconsin Press, 1993, p. 95]




> > ..............
> >
> > "From a rhetorical standpoint, a description is a verbal
representation of
> > some object to some audience, such that the speaker is able to change
the
> > audience's attitude toward the object without changing the object
itself.
> > Thus, the trick for any would-be describer is to contain the effects
of
> > her discourse so that the object remains intact once her discourse is
> > done. In descriptions of human behavior, this is often very difficult
to
> > manage, as the people being described, once informed of the
description,
> > may become upset and proceed to subvert the describer's authority."
[Steve
> > Fuller]
> >
> >
> > "'perceptual fault lines' run through apparently stable communities
that
> > appear to have agreed on basic institutions and structures and on
general
> > governing rules. Consent comes apart in battles of description.
Consent
> > comes apart over whose stories to tell." [Kim Scheppele]
>
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>
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