David, I have questions, since i don't know Rorty from whosit. Does conversation differ from the dialectic method of getting at truth?
> dmb says: > Rorty says, "the real issue ...is between those think our culture, or > purposes, or intuitions, CANNOT BE SUPPORTED EXCEPT CONVERSATIONALLY, and > people who still hope for other sorts of support". I mean, if Rorty's words > are not evidence of Rorty's thoughts, then what could be evidence? In > philosophy, that's about all you get. Sometimes it's good to back things up > with empirical data from the sciences and such, but usually textual evidence > is all you get. It's like literary criticism in that sense. Which is also a lot like conversation, hmmm...? John the conversationalist Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
