Posted 04/06/08 - 08:22 PM:
Subject: Truthtelling
#1
I have this subject that I call truthtelling. I’ve been with it for quite some time. Indeed, I’ve even written a very long essay on it. However, I must confess that, to date, it hasn’t generated much interest. At least, I haven’t found much interest for it amongst professional philosophers. Perhaps this will change. In any event, I thought I would bring it up here and see what happens.
Much can be said about truthtelling. Indeed, it is an issue without issue. That is, it is without issue by being an infinite number of issues. My pet formula for it is complication and even over-complication. In my essay, I see it irremediably caught up in the personal. Another way of putting it is to say that one cannot tell the truth about truthtelling without telling the truth about one’s self as the one who tries to tell the truth about it.
For me, following this precept has meant writing a very long essay. But now I’m going to try something different. I don’t know what will happen exactly. All I can do is put the note in the bottle and, tossing it into the ocean, let it go where it may.
