Dear Derek,

Interesting comment, thanks.

Margaret has made the distinction in an earlier post.

Transcend their culture? I think Gadamer and Ricoeur talked about the transhistorical aspect of the works of art.

Ok, but then you need time to assess that. So, no-thing today could be called art? Is art a term you apply a posteriori on artefacts? Can art be pre-existent to historical time?

The semantics of fictional names, what the heck is that?

Cheers,

Luc