From: Valuemetaphysics@aol.com
Date: Tue Nov 25 2003 - 22:15:13 GMT
In a message dated 11/25/03 5:00:35 PM GMT Standard Time, pholden@sc.rr.com
writes:
> I'm led to the conclusion, thanks to Paul's probing questions and
> Matt's answers that not only is Rorty right when he said, "Truth is
> what your contemporaries let you get away with," but that to him and
> his followers, "Morality is what your contemporaries let you get away
> with." The other day I happened to run across a similar quote
> attributed to Andy Warhol: "Art is what you can get away with."
> Considering the lack of aesthetic value of Warhol's art, I'm not
> surprised to see him echoing the postmodernist refrain. :-)
>
> Be that as it may, thanks to Matt's clarifications, it looks to me like
> "intersubjective agreement" has seen better days.
>
> Platt
>
Hi Platt,
The worrying thing as far as i can discern is that matt's position gives the
green light to any despot who wishes to impose a social imperative under the
guise of intellectual argumentation. What a pile of garbage.
Mark.
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