Re: Epistemology 201: The Science of Science

From: robert j. kolker (nowhere_at_nowhere.net)
Date: 02/14/05


Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 10:57:58 -0500


Albert wrote:

> The best example I can think of, offhand. I spent my summers as a child
> on my grandparents farm and was allowed free reign. Therefore, this poem
> by a master of natural language, for me, actually bursts with meaning .
> It has had a similar effect on hundreds of thousands of readers who did
> not have my exact same experience but who brought experiences of their
> own to its interpretation. It is a paragon of precision exactly because
> it relies on something other than a single literal interpretation.
>
> http://www.bigeye.com/fernhill.htm

I liked one of his other poems -And Death Shall Have No Dominion-.

He was a corker.

Bob Kolker



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