The American philosopher D. Davidson wrote an article with
the title ''What metaphors mean''. The problem with Davidson
like by his 'mentor' Wittgenstein is that they have no theory but what
one would call ''philosophical remarks''. Wittgenstein ''Philosophical
investigations'' are illustration . After remark nr. 1000 one lost or
forget 980 other because an normal person can't remember more than, say, 20. No wonder then that the question ''what are both works
about''? is impossible to answer. According to Davidson metaphors have ''ordinary mening'' or no meaning at all.
So what is the meaning of ''the devil in connection with details''?
To me it means a warning against ''easy statements'' by which
many or some details are overlooked. We can, I think, agree that
''our'' J. Carr knows all the details involved by cartridge design.
But this does not apply for the most other members of our forum.
Consider the fact about ''primary fear'' by cartridges regarding
the stylus condition. According to J.Carr this is the least serious
issue by carts because stylus (only) retip will not change the
performance of the cart more than cantilever or suspension
change. Consider suspension change. How many of those can
any retip service get from their supplier and in what quality?
EMT for example has for years as ''achilles tendon'' the suspension.
If an producer is not able to solve such a problem way should
an retipper do better? I want mention coils because there is
hardly any retipper capable to repair those. But those are ''the
details involved'' among other.
the title ''What metaphors mean''. The problem with Davidson
like by his 'mentor' Wittgenstein is that they have no theory but what
one would call ''philosophical remarks''. Wittgenstein ''Philosophical
investigations'' are illustration . After remark nr. 1000 one lost or
forget 980 other because an normal person can't remember more than, say, 20. No wonder then that the question ''what are both works
about''? is impossible to answer. According to Davidson metaphors have ''ordinary mening'' or no meaning at all.
So what is the meaning of ''the devil in connection with details''?
To me it means a warning against ''easy statements'' by which
many or some details are overlooked. We can, I think, agree that
''our'' J. Carr knows all the details involved by cartridge design.
But this does not apply for the most other members of our forum.
Consider the fact about ''primary fear'' by cartridges regarding
the stylus condition. According to J.Carr this is the least serious
issue by carts because stylus (only) retip will not change the
performance of the cart more than cantilever or suspension
change. Consider suspension change. How many of those can
any retip service get from their supplier and in what quality?
EMT for example has for years as ''achilles tendon'' the suspension.
If an producer is not able to solve such a problem way should
an retipper do better? I want mention coils because there is
hardly any retipper capable to repair those. But those are ''the
details involved'' among other.