From: David Buchanan (DBuchanan@ClassicalRadio.org)
Date: Sat Jan 25 2003 - 22:12:47 GMT
DMB said:
But seriously, all these names
and isms would probably score some points on a test, but I was looking for
the ideas behind them.
Matt:
Yeah, as should've been evident, I'm not offering a course on "The History
and Context of Pragmatism" this semester, I was simply trying to give a
teasing introduction to people who cared. To properly lay out all the
ideas and names and isms would take an entire University course (or more)
with an accompanying reading list. I can offer teasers and intros, point
people in the direction of what the reading list might be, but a properly
laid out course on the history and context of pragmatism is beyond my time
(and abilities, for that matter). I could offer a closer intro to most of
the names you helpfully dropped for us, but I usually respond better to
politeness and the desire of people who want to know what I might happen to
say. I'm not saying that what I say has some special significance. It
certainly doesn't. But it differs from something you, DMB, might say, or
what Platt or Glenn might say. I always try to be helpful when people ask
me questions about what little I know and I tell them what little I know
and point them in the direction of where they might learn more. When I get
the feeling that people are just waiting to pounce on anything that comes
out of my mouth, even when they ask for a summary of something I might know
a little something about, I get a little hesitant about saying anything at
all.
DMB says:
Pounce? Trust me, dude, you haven't yet had that pleasure. All I did here
was to ask for ideas rather than names and labels. I'm only asking you to be
more specific. If that seems like an attack, then perhaps you're too
thin-skinned to do philosophy. Sheeeesh, what a baby.
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