Date: 	Tue, 10 Mar 1998 23:51:23 -0500
Subject: Re: HAB: Re: Performative Contradiction


On Tue, 10 Mar 1998 10:43:27 -0500  Brian Caterino wrote:

> Ken et al:
> 
> Unless cutbacks have devastated the U of T acquisitions, 
the journal Philosophy and Social Criticism should be there. At 
least it used to be there.

Yep - it is.  Funny though.  Two different people in philosophy 
mentioned to me that the u of t didn't have it - one of them 
even went to york to find it.  damn utlink catologue - it hides 
journals on purpose i think.  anyway - they only have the 
issues from 97 there.  the jan. 98 one is expected in june....  
thanks for the tip though...  geez...

Antti,

I figured out exactly what you were talking about.  We are both 
right about the logic and God thing.

I was talking about a specific context - James isn't developing 
the category of GOD from scratch - he is using a preconceived 
understanding of how the divine works and then arguing 
backward.  this takes some reading into his work to determine 
this - but the category GOD must exist in an a priori way for 
him to conclude that GOD exists.  A careful reading of his work 
and the history of theology will, i think, reveal this.

However what you are arguing is category formation - a 
process of naming based on logic.  So "God" can produce 
effects (without the premise "God exists" in the sense that it 
requires a premise "such and such is an effect to which i will 
apply the term "GOD" to therefore GOD exists.  right?

ken

PS.  this doesn't solve the performative contradiction 
argument but it sheds some light, i think, one why we were 
bumping heads for so long.




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