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Reply to Crispin Wright and Richard Zach
No full textI am very grateful to Crispin Wright and Richard Zach for their thoughtful and penetrating comments on my book, The Boundary Stones of Thought (henceforth BST; unadorned page numbers below refer to this volume). The author of any reasonably long philosophical work will feel more confident in some of his claims than in others, and in studying Wright’s and Zach’s essays I have been struck by how often they home in on elements which gave me most trouble when writing the book and of which I was least certain having finished it. While that makes the job of defending my position harder, it is in one important respect comforting, for it suggests that the book was sufficiently clearly written to have enabled this meeting of minds. In a symposium of this kind, there can be few things more depressing than for the author to have to write: ‘X attributes to me such-and-such an argument, but what I really meant was instead this’. Thankfully, very little of that will be needed here.
While Wright and Zach focus on different parts of BST (Zach on Chapters 6–8, Wright on Chapters 9 and 10), there are many thematic connections between their commentaries. Rather than give separate replies, then, I shall address the relevant topics in the order in which they appear in my book, dealing (as I hope) with all their main points as I go
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[Zach with Cake, 2001]
No full textPhotograph of Zach holding a plate and napkin while standing to the left of a paneled house. There is a large window near his head and bushes border the left side of the yard. Zach wears a long-sleeved t-shirt, cargo pants, and glasses. [2001, Dallas, TX
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[Jack & Zach Bedroom, 2001]
No full textPhotograph of Jack and Zach posing in the middle of a bedroom. Jack stands with his hands in his pockets and looks towards the camera. Zach sits to his right in a rolling chair with his arms crossed. There is a keyboard to their right, and a printer sits next to a pile of CDs on a folding table behind them. A backpack sits on the floor to their left next to a pile of pillows and blankets. [2001, Dallas, TX
[Zach with Cake, 2001]
No full textPhotograph of Zach holding a plate and napkin while standing to the left of a paneled house. There is a large window near his head and bushes border the left side of the yard. Zach wears a long-sleeved t-shirt, cargo pants, and glasses. [2001, Dallas, TX
[Jack & Zach Bedroom, 2001]
No full textPhotograph of Jack and Zach posing in the middle of a bedroom. Jack stands with his hands in his pockets and looks towards the camera. Zach sits to his right in a rolling chair with his arms crossed. There is a keyboard to their right, and a printer sits next to a pile of CDs on a folding table behind them. A backpack sits on the floor to their left next to a pile of pillows and blankets. [2001, Dallas, TX
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[Zach Williams, 1996]
No full textPhotograph of a ghostly Zach Williams standing underneath a backyard playground. A shed surrounded by bushes is situated behind the young boy
[NDHS Jack & Zach, 2001]
No full textPhotograph of a transparent Jack and Zach sitting on the steps leading towards the front entrance of North Dallas High School. A black backpack rests on the stairs next to the boys
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[Jack, Zach, and Julia 1992]
No full textPhotograph of Jack, Zach, and Julia standing in the middle of a courtyard outside an elementary school. Other students walk towards a fence in the background. [1992, Dallas, TX
[Jack, Zach, and Julia 1992]
No full textPhotograph of Jack, Zach, and Julia standing in the middle of a courtyard outside an elementary school. Other students walk towards a fence in the background. [1992, Dallas, TX
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[Jack & Zach at Sunset HS, 2001]
No full textPhotograph of Jack and Zach posed in front of Sunset High School. Jack sits on the left side of a wide concrete staircase which leads to the school's front entrance. Zach stands close to the camera, half of his body cut off by the right edge of the frame. There is a backpack thrown on the pavement between them. The school is built in the style of Georgian Revival, featuring three arches at it's entryway and many large windows. A large crest is centered underneath the triangular peak of the building's roof. [2001, Dallas, TX
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