Hi Matt:
Thanks for a high quality essay. Many excellent points. But it wouldn't
be any fun if I didn't find a couple of things to challenge.
> The
> usefulness of a map depends on you being able to locate yourself and other
> landmarks. And if you look real closely at the map once you've found
> yourself, you'll see yourself standing there, holding the map.
That will be the day. When I see myself on the map, I'll know the tunnel
of light is close at hand. Out of body experiences are usually the
prelude to an approach to the Golden Gate.
> The main thing that I eschew from this paper
> is footnote 3, "Assuming, of course, that "truth," in any traditional
> sense, is even possible." This I do not assume anymore. The view that
> there is anything interesting about the notion of "truth" is part and
> parcel with the "correspondence theory of reality" which, with the help of
> Rorty, I have gotten over.
That's a shame. What part of your essay (or Rorty) is true if none of it
can be said to be true?
Platt
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