tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post1384659606700042184..comments2024-03-28T19:56:42.305-05:00Comments on Alexander Pruss's Blog: Synecdoche?Alexander R Prusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-26053746435489946952011-09-19T12:11:28.992-05:002011-09-19T12:11:28.992-05:00Heath:
It might be synecdoche, though, if we were...Heath:<br /><br />It might be synecdoche, though, if we were in a habit of using the first few words of a text to name the text, as is Jewish custom.<br /><br />So, what is a title anyway? The Alice text makes that puzzling. It's not just a name for the text. After all, anybody can name anything, so I can name <em>Alice in Wonderland</em> "Sam in Greenland", but while that will then be a name for it, it won't be its title.<br /><br />I am not even sure that a title always has to function as a name. It seems we could pry the use of the title as a title from its use as a name. We could very easily have had linguistic customs on which one could only refer to <em>War and Peace</em> with a phrase like "The novel entitled <em>War and peace</em>", and then "<em>War and Peace<br /></em>" would consistently refer to "War and Peace". And this wouldn't, I think, significantly change the role of titles.Alexander R Prusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-27553345926746899382011-09-19T11:56:02.318-05:002011-09-19T11:56:02.318-05:00“It's long,” said the Knight, “but it's ve...“It's long,” said the Knight, “but it's very, very beautiful. Everybody that hears me sing it — either it brings the tears to their eyes, or else—”<br /><br />“Or else what?” said Alice, for the Knight had made a sudden pause.<br /><br />“Or else it doesn't, you know. The name of the song is called <i>Haddocks' Eyes.</i>”<br /><br />“Oh, that's the name of the song, is it?" Alice said, trying to feel interested.<br /><br />“No, you don't understand,” the Knight said, looking a little vexed. “That's what the name is called. The name really is <i>The Aged Aged Man.</i>”<br /><br />“Then I ought to have said ‘That's what the song is called’?” Alice corrected herself.<br /><br />“No, you oughtn't: that's quite another thing! The song is called <i>Ways And Means</i>: but that's only what it's called, you know!”<br /><br />“Well, what is the song, then?” said Alice, who was by this time completely bewildered.<br /><br />“I was coming to that,” the Knight said. “The song really is <i>A-sitting On A Gate</i>: and the tune's my own invention.”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-12164609342833913442011-09-19T11:48:20.440-05:002011-09-19T11:48:20.440-05:00I have to go orthographic. The authors surely did...I have to go orthographic. The authors surely didn't *intend* to refer to the title, and the single-quotes-as-use/mention-identifier is only widespread (and well-understood) among philosophers.Heath Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13535886546816778688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-91495844355353000812011-09-18T23:59:20.255-05:002011-09-18T23:59:20.255-05:00All I know is, I'm glad to have found one of t...All I know is, I'm glad to have found one of the most underrated Philosophers in the World right now and just a brilliant man all together. <br /><br />I never knew you had a blog lol<br /><br />Anyways, I would say refers to an orthographic. The are many wars, and different plots at once.Cornell Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13255210404560230404noreply@blogger.com