After all the discussion of simultaneous valuation on this list,
it's a bit much to be unable to use the term -- "simultaneist"
without the quotes. Since discussing this stuff with Fred beginning
in 1981, I have always thought of him as a simultaneist. But
here our dialog begins rather than ends.
I look forward to Andrew's answer and not to further discussion of this.
John
At 07:48 AM 2/23/99 -0500, you wrote:
>In OPE-L:474, Jerry asked, "Andrew: in what sense can it be said
>that Fred is a "simultaneist"?"
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>I will be happy to answer this question once it is re-stated without
>the scare-quotes. I do not consider them innocent. They are
>demeaning and serve a suppressive function.
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>The use of the scare quotes is something Jerry picked up from the
>simultaneists themselves. By refusing to acknowledge their
>commonality as simultaneists, the simultaneists are refusing to
>acknowledge that their paradigm is ONE PARTICULAR paradigm, not
>The Way Things Are. They are therefore denying our legitimacy.
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>It is just like people of European heritage in the US thinking
>something is funny or strange about the term European-American and
>refusing to use it. They don't think of themselves that way. They
>think of themselves as just "Americans" (read: The Real Legitimate
>Americans), while everyone else is "black Americans,"
>"Hispanic-Americans," "Asian-Americans," etc., i.e., flawed deviants
>to which a qualifier needs to be attached.
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>(If anyone accuses me of insinuating that they are racists, this
>time I'll leave the list.)
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>Andrew Kliman
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