Revisiting Radical Revision

Abstract

When dispute about something goes round and round without resolution, it's often a sign that the key term has too many unexplored meanings.I aim to show a kind of hidden ambiguity in "Personal Writing" and "Expressivism," and show how this leads to confusion and bad thinking.First, I'll explore the ambiguity in "personal writing."Then I'll explore "expressivism."James Berlin said that personal writing-writing about the self-is the hallmark of expressivism and named me as a prime expressivist.I'll try to explain why I and other so-called "expressivists" made a prominent place for personal writing but didn't consider it better or more important than other kinds of writing.

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