From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Sun Sep 21 2003 - 14:42:31 BST
DMB, Andy:
> Andy said:
> I think you are taking Rorty's philosophy far from where he would want
> it to go. If you only hear Rorty as saying in Platt's words "anything
> goes" then you will be missing out on almost all of his insights and
> inspiration. Nobody loves a slogan better than Platt, but this is a
> characterization that completely misrepresents Rorty's philosophy. I
> hope you can come away with a better view of Rorty than this.
>
> dmb says:
> Anything goes? Only Platt would dare to use a lyric from a prudish
> 1920's pop tune.
Wrong. The lyric was used by Australian philosopher David Stove in his
essay, "The Jazz Age in the Philosophy of Science" that first appeared
in Encounter magazine in 1985 and reprinted in "Against the Idols of
the Age" edited by Roger Kimball.
Platt
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