Tag: pragmatism
Step 88: Rorty’s Cruelty, Solidarity, and Liberal Hope
Rorty uses Nabokov and Orwell to show cruelty and solidarity, but his ideas have been subverted.
Step 87: Rorty’s Ironists and Metaphysicians
The liberal ironist’s contingent redescription versus the metaphysicians’ truth-chasing.
Step 86: Rorty’s Contingency
The contingency part of Richard Rorty’s “Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity”
Step 30: Pragmatism (with L)
Mister Lisa and Ryder discuss William James’ pragmatism, and how verified truth works with personal truth.
Step 29: Truth (William James)
Truth is slippery. Objective vs. Subjective? Intersubjective? Perhaps we should use Pragmatism.
