Re: RT list: 'World' in RT

From: Jlsperanza@aol.com
Date: Tue Feb 17 2004 - 20:26:27 GMT

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    In a message dated 2/17/2004 12:00:45 AM Eastern Standard Time,
    artp0230@nus.edu.sg writes:
    Hi Everyone,
    'World' is defined as anything which can be represented in the mind,
    including existing mental representations. Does 'world' include fiction?
    Looking forward to your comments. Thanks.
    Cheers,
    Vivien 

    ----

    I guess it does. But, mind, it's not a clear-cut dichotomy -- or so I read 
from today's _New York Times_:

         Nottingham Journal
     by Lizette Alvarez.
     'When Robin Hood supped, was it on Yorkshire pudding?'
     ...

         Yorkshire locals contend, Robin Hood, a man no one is
     sure even existed, may have been born smack in the
     middle of the Wakefield bus depot. ...

         "I mean, you have Baker Street in London and Sherlock
     Holmes," said Bob White, who used to be director of
     the public relations and tourism office for the Nottingham
     City Council and is now chairman of the World Wide Robin 
     Hood Society. "I mean, he never even lived there.'"
        "We've got something real," he added. "My goodness."

    Cheers,

    JL
J L Speranza

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