tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10840934.post963798679030653317..comments2023-08-20T07:28:03.213-07:00Comments on doc nagel explains at most several things: pleasure, motion, rightnessDoc Nagelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07240297041650481905noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10840934.post-5528853565789466872012-06-25T17:15:47.367-07:002012-06-25T17:15:47.367-07:00You can't dance with a watermelon. However, if...You can't dance with a watermelon. However, if an obscure Steve Martin TV special from the 1970s is to be trusted, you can roast it over a campfire.Doc Nagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07240297041650481905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10840934.post-10315232292878962902012-06-25T11:08:44.168-07:002012-06-25T11:08:44.168-07:00I always thought Gallagher's point was "T...I always thought Gallagher's point was "The watermelon is no more."Bobo the Wandering Pallbearerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12387407541926810298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10840934.post-40018222666802768692012-06-21T16:51:37.404-07:002012-06-21T16:51:37.404-07:00Yes, absolutely - this is why Merleau-Ponty's ...Yes, absolutely - this is why Merleau-Ponty's hand-touching-hand example is so disappointing. At the first Back to the Things Themselves conference, we had a session on embodiment during which we danced. Tony Steinbock led that with, I think, Elizabeth Benke. I danced with Klaus Held, but then Tony cut in. Sigh! Doomed to be a wallflower!Doc Nagelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07240297041650481905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10840934.post-25312070327496448742012-06-21T08:57:18.220-07:002012-06-21T08:57:18.220-07:00One thing missing from this discussion of dance is...One thing missing from this discussion of dance is the experience of dancing <i>with</i> other people . . . a phenomenologist could make a meal (in a manner of speaking) of hand touching hand, eye meeting eye. <br /><br />At the highest levels of some forms of social dance - at a really good contra dance, for example, with a floor full of experienced dancers - there's a kind of immersion in Bob Kirkmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08399898787113410391noreply@blogger.com