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posted by Jack Butler on February 07, 19100 at 11:08:23:
in reply to: drop in posted by rob labossiere on January 03, 19100 at 12:31:07:

Effect or Affect?

Effect or Affect? good question. Either effect or
affect would make sense in this context, but here
is what I had in mind.
- effect (tr. vb.) to cause to occur; bring
about; accomplish ...
- affect (tr. vb) to act upon or influence,
espec. in an adverse way: to move or disturb
emotionally

My (admittedly unanalysed) question regards the
effect of ... . Insofar as representations (true
or false, science or art) to my mind are social,
historical entities and, therefore, intentionally
constructed (as opposed to revealed or
discovered).

Again, to my way of thinking, if the question is
phrased, "How do emotion and desire affect the
representation of truth ...?", emotion and desire
are reduced to being passive affects of some
(possibly transcendent, probably revealed)
representation.
How would you word this question? Or, what
question would you ask in its place?

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