From: David Buchanan (DBuchanan@ClassicalRadio.org)
Date: Sun Sep 14 2003 - 01:10:35 BST
Matt and Andy:
Andy said:
I just wanted to say that I never read Rorty until after I read Matt's
confession post from over a year ago. I had no trouble understanding his
"jargon" at the time. I think I have said it before, but the fault in your
not understanding Matt has to be shared by you also. Since I respect your
intellect, I attribute your lack of understanding to laziness and arrogance.
dmb says:
Its true. I'm lazy, at least when it comes to reading books that do not
interest me. That's why I don't want to read Rorty. (Actuallly, I first
encountered him twenty years ago and never did like it. Pragmatism has
always struck me as accomplishment of epic proportions. It somehow manages
to be even more superficial and boring that ultilitarianism. ) If this were
a Rorty discussion group, I should be ashamed, but its not. And as you
admit, the jargon was confusing until you did read Rorty. And its also true
that I'm arrogant. At least I think it must be true because so many people
have said it. But I don't see it in this case. How do my repeated pleas for
ordinary language make me look arrogant? I think Matt is so tangled up in
linguistic philosophy that he's forgotten how to talk in a way that reaches
out. Should I really have to read a set of books simply to carry on a
conversation? No, that's not reasonable.
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