http://blog.nelmezzo.net the wee blog right in the middle of it all Sun, 23 Mar 2008 08:45:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://blog.nelmezzo.net/2007/06/21/logic-and-the-limits-of-expression/ http://blog.nelmezzo.net/2007/06/21/logic-and-the-limits-of-expression/#comments Thu, 21 Jun 2007 19:57:30 +0000 dwright http://blog.nelmezzo.net/2007/06/21/logic-and-the-limits-of-expression/ Joe Carter at the Evangelical Outpost is defending that which all must uphold (even those who deny it, for they uphold it by denying it): the law of non-contradiction. But in the process, he takes a swipe at Walt Whitman that has me wondering about the proper limits of rhetorical and poetic language. Is it wrong for a poet to say something contradictory or to be unruffled by his self-contradictions? Does this make him an idiot? Are there times when saying something that is propositionally contradictory or embracing contradiction can still be meaningful ? Joe has a powerful starting point for his annoyance over contradictoriness: an Episcopal priest who claims to be both Christian and Muslim. Surely, this has crossed lines of sanity and truth. But what about Walt Whitman? What think ye? My two comments: (1) and (2).

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