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Jul. 26th, 2008 10:59 pmAppendix to the addendum:
A wild, crazy not-a-theory: does the difference in attitude between fictions which embrace ambiguity/uncertainty and those which cleave to clear lines and certainty... perhaps reflect a tension between a (deistic?) view of an ultimately moral or accountable universe and a (agnostic?) view of an ultimately unknowable or unaccountable one?
...Okay, I shouldn't attempt to relate narrative and theme to philosophy, should I?
I'll stop now. Really.
A wild, crazy not-a-theory: does the difference in attitude between fictions which embrace ambiguity/uncertainty and those which cleave to clear lines and certainty... perhaps reflect a tension between a (deistic?) view of an ultimately moral or accountable universe and a (agnostic?) view of an ultimately unknowable or unaccountable one?
...Okay, I shouldn't attempt to relate narrative and theme to philosophy, should I?
I'll stop now. Really.