When reading a stretch of philosophy, or poetry, one often stops to "unpack" the meanings. The difference between this process and paraphrase could use some unpacking itself. Perhaps the difference is that in paraphrase, once the suitcase is unpacked, it is empty. Harman seems to advocate an unpacking that, that no matter how much you remove, leaves the suitcase full.
When reading a stretch of philosophy, or poetry, one often stops to "unpack" the meanings. The difference between this process and paraphrase could use some unpacking itself. Perhaps the difference is that in paraphrase, once the suitcase is unpacked, it is empty. Harman seems to advocate an unpacking that, that no matter how much you remove, leaves the suitcase full.
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