From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Thu Sep 04 2003 - 13:20:21 BST
Hi David M, Matt,
.
> But physicalism makes Rorty an inconsistent post-
> modernist, as Andrew Bowie says in his book on Schelling: "The important
> fact that makes one sceptical about Rorty's position is that Rorty
> himself actually does retain a ground, in that he, albeit somewhat
> inconsistently, advocates a form of physicalism, which involves a
> questionable ontological commitment of the kind he critisises in
> others."
This is precisely the criticism I've levelled at Rorty ever since Matt
began touting his philosophy.
Platt
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