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FlyingApple31 t1_jb2t9h1 wrote

Reply to comment by mirh in Philosophy is everywhere in Neon Genesis Evangelion by linosan

Yikes, your assessment is akin to saying the Delphic boat question is simply a manufacturing curiosity. The "death of the author" question is typically considered closely related to post-modernism, which I don't think anyone would claim "isn't philosophy".

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mirh t1_jb31ivi wrote

Postmodernism isn't "philosophy", in the same sense that you wouldn't really say "the enlightenment" to be that either.

But semantic riddles aside, are you even still following what the point is?

I didn't say that "debates over authorial intent" can't be philosophy. Or that a work of fiction couldn't develop meanings that hadn't been foreseen.

But then that's not something you can use as a reference for any kind of serious objective question? You have examples because they are "starkly obvious" and help dispel ambiguities. If they are themselves an abyss of contention, what the hell are you even doing?

p.s. the ship of theseus is probably the more famous example you wanted to bring up

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