Turn that question around: How can even have a discussion if we don't assume that there is a truth of the matter? "Truth" is what makes it possible to have a discussion.
N Nicholas S. Thompson Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology Clark University http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ -----Original Message----- From: Friam [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of g??? ? Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2017 1:03 PM To: FriAM <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] AI and argument How can there be "convergent discourse" if there are no commonalities? On 10/04/2017 11:56 AM, Nick Thompson wrote: > Peirce does not presume that there ARE any communalities. He presumes only > that if there ARE any communalities, they are what truth would be. > On 10/04/2017 09:55 AM, Nick Thompson wrote: >> /*Imagining that there is a truth of the matter has the [pragmatic] effect >> of forcing us all into a convergent discourse and this effect is for Peirce >> the central meaning of the word truth. He has great contempt for styles and >> fashions of criticism precisely because there is no commitment to >> convergence in such discourses. Screw pluralism. -- ☣ gⅼеɳ ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove
