The quote of the day goes to Graham Harman who formulated this zinger in critiquing the correlationist. Paraphrasing Graham:
A Chinese proverb states that that when a wise man points at the moon the fool looks at the finger. The correlationist and anti-realist is a fool that says the moon is made of fingers
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Ian had a number of great one liners as well… Can’t wait for the audio recordings to get up so I can pick’em out.
April 25, 2010 at 4:20 pm
[…] Levi Bryant quoting Graham Harman: A Chinese proverb states that that when a wise man points at the moon the […]
April 25, 2010 at 7:24 pm
The original quote is from page 185 of Prince of Networks:
“Everyone knows the old Chinese proverb about the finger pointing at the moon and the fool looking at the finger. But correlationism is even worse, since it claims that the moon is made of fingers. This is not just folly, but a form of madness.”