tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934993593345223999.post2059432394326451145..comments2023-10-22T08:17:03.587-04:00Comments on The Writer and the Wanderer: A New Perspective: Reflections on ProustMary Morrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630615930015497995noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934993593345223999.post-18644058576792501082010-06-08T08:36:41.617-04:002010-06-08T08:36:41.617-04:00Sean, thank you so much for bringing your philosop...Sean, thank you so much for bringing your philosophical perspective to this...I am going to think about it. I appreciate the distinction between To and Of. And I appreciate your comments always!!!Mary Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630615930015497995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934993593345223999.post-46138624734991843162010-06-07T12:40:00.040-04:002010-06-07T12:40:00.040-04:00Really really interesting piece Mary...perspective...Really really interesting piece Mary...perspectives...seeing...perception...in philosophy there is the distinction between "epistemic" appearance and "optical" appearance...a critical distinction to make in the way we understand the world, how we find things out about the world...that being through the former. The optical appearance can be said to be dependent on the laws of perspective, to be true TO the object but not OF the object. I think when you talk of those perspectives in the above you are talking of what is true (or false) OF the object, the epistemic appearance...Seán McGradyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11335203776331166634noreply@blogger.com