Well, I agree that there are some obscurantist Pragmatists.  Rorty drives me 
bonkers. 

 

But is there an Obscurantist movement?  For that matter, are their 
Despair-ists?  

 

Watching Boris Johnson manoeuver is a wonderful  lesson concerning the degree 
to which people and power can (and cannot) actually alter truth. 

 

Nick 

 

Nicholas S. Thompson

Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology

Clark University

 <http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/> 
http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/

 

From: Friam [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Marcus Daniels
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To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[email protected]>
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Be fair Nick, what about capital O, Obscurantism?

 

From: Friam <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > on 
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<mailto:[email protected]> >
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Please note the capital P. 

 

N

 

Nicholas S. Thompson

Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology

Clark University

http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/

 

From: Friam [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steven A Smith
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The answer to “everything is interpretation” is not obscurantism or despair.  
It’s Pragmatism.  

Well said Nick. 

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