Help!
I've been reading the Derrida book Greg suggested and I can't for the life of me find a good definition of eidetic. Yes, I've already tried the OED and the Stanford Encyc. of Philosophy. Any takers?
An aside: I'm kinda pleased with myself for the following reason:
As some of you may recall, my city has been trying to get a collective contract for waste collection. Some of my fellow Solid Waste Commissioners are a little more gung-ho about the issue than perhaps they should be, and have been organizing a semi-vocal campaign of support. The mayor asked those commissioners to hold back on their public advocacy and received from one of them a rather indignant response. Enter Michael. Earlier this afternoon I sent out a potentially risky, somewhat chastizing, response-to-the-response calling for non-partisanship etc. etc.. Just now, I got a nice thank you e-mail from the mayor praising my "wisdom and understanding". Now I feel very good. Full text of the exchanges was probably meant to be off record, or else I'd copy the whole set of e-mails into the comments section.
Michael
p.s. I'm also pleased because, as a reward for getting published, my grandpa is paying for a new laptop for me. According to UPS, it should arrive tomorrow. I'm crossing my fingers, even though I don't believe in that stuff and it will probably impair my ability to carry out some of the reactions I'm running tonight : ) (the work never ends).
An aside: I'm kinda pleased with myself for the following reason:
As some of you may recall, my city has been trying to get a collective contract for waste collection. Some of my fellow Solid Waste Commissioners are a little more gung-ho about the issue than perhaps they should be, and have been organizing a semi-vocal campaign of support. The mayor asked those commissioners to hold back on their public advocacy and received from one of them a rather indignant response. Enter Michael. Earlier this afternoon I sent out a potentially risky, somewhat chastizing, response-to-the-response calling for non-partisanship etc. etc.. Just now, I got a nice thank you e-mail from the mayor praising my "wisdom and understanding". Now I feel very good. Full text of the exchanges was probably meant to be off record, or else I'd copy the whole set of e-mails into the comments section.
Michael
p.s. I'm also pleased because, as a reward for getting published, my grandpa is paying for a new laptop for me. According to UPS, it should arrive tomorrow. I'm crossing my fingers, even though I don't believe in that stuff and it will probably impair my ability to carry out some of the reactions I'm running tonight : ) (the work never ends).
posted by Michael Barany at 6:35 PM
2 Comments:
Michael: My computer dictionary has this definition for eidetic: Of visual imagery of almost photographic accuracy
I'm not sure if that makes sense in context or not.
When I first got this dictionary, I felt like a kid in a candy store, something I guess TASPers would understand. It has so many freakin' words! Have fun.
I think OED's allusion to hallucination gets a little closer to Derrida's intent. The usage is in dealing with Husserl's phenomenological project which is, from what I understand from Greg, dealing in reality and perceived reality. (I also like Derrida's definition--as a history of origin.) Anyway, thanks for the attempt. Regardless of what other people find I'd like to hear your definitions (even your joke definitions ;)).
Post a Comment
<< Home