From: Patrick van den Berg (cirandar@yahoo.com)
Date: Mon Sep 22 2003 - 10:56:07 BST
Hi Platt,
> The question still is, "Do you find any situation where Rorty would
> step in and say 'That's wrong.'"? Since you conclude there is some
> truth somewhere, the next question is, "Like what?"
Maybe it's wrong of philosphers sticking their head in the sand and
digging only into epistemological questions such as "What's the nature
of the Good? (And what did Plato and the thousend philosophers after him
say about it?)", instead of benefitting their thinking to some part of
the community.
If there's truth somewhere, maybe it cannot be found by an isolated
inttelectual's head just by thinking hard enough, but precisely in open
discussion in a symbiosis of the social and the intellectual level.
But that's my own opinion, I know too little of Rorty to answer it for
him. There must be others here who should be able to answer this
question, or have they failed to express it satisfactorally (probably
spelled this word wrong, sorry)?
By the way (and this is a general note to others), instead of trying to
comprehend bookwriters, isn't it more fun and a bigger challenge to try
and formulate what you think yourself of certain things? Of course you
can use the books as a tool (dirty word according to some) or heuristic
perhaps, but only to find out where exactly the bookwriters stepped
their feet and then showing it to others can be a waiste of time, I
think. The best way to form a solid opinion about an author is: just
read a book of his and maybe let the suggestions of other people guide
you. I think Rorty (what I know about him) deserves a fair chance.
Greetings, Patrick.
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