Hey, look what I found on the New Source for Gospel Truth, Wikipedia: "Philosopher Richard Rorty has a somewhat paradoxical role in the debate over relativism: he is criticized for his relativistic views by many naïve commentators, but has always denied that relativism applies to much anybody, being nothing more than a Platonic scarecrow. Rorty claims, rather, that he is a pragmatist, and that to construe pragmatism as relativism is to beg the question."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relativism#Richard_Rorty Must be true, since I read it there. > Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 19:57:39 -0400 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MD] Pirsig's theory of truth > > Hi DMB, > > > Steve said to dmb: > > ... Can you please, please, please define relativism with respect to truth, > > so I can know what you mean when you say (pace Ant) that Pirsig can't > > rightly be called a relativist with respect to truth? > > > > > > dmb says: > > > > As for Rorty's part, it's like the Wiki article said: "Thus his position, > > in the view of many commentators, adds up to relativism." As you so often > > do, Steve, you're asking for an answer that I already supplied. You're > > asking in response to the post in which I supplied it. Are you playing some > > kind of game? > > DMB: > > Again, the Wikipedia article on RELATIVISM has a section on RORTY: > ... > > > > Let me repeat the salient point. "He also argues ...that justification is > > RELATIVE; justification is justification to an audience, for Rorty. Thus > > his position, in the view of MANY COMMENTATORS, adds up to RELATIVISM." > > > dmb says: > > Again, the Wiki article explains why Rorty is seen as a relativist. "Thus > > his position,.. adds up to relativism." You deleted the Wiki quote and now > > you're accusing me of refusing to define it? Kinda slap-stick sloppy, don't > > you think? > > DMB: > AND you claim that you have no idea what it could mean, despite that > fact that you JUST READ a description of Rorty's relativism in the > Wiki quote I supplied? This conversation is looking like a bad comedy > sketch, a comedy or errors. "his position, in the view of many > commentators, adds up to relativism." _________________________________________________________________ The New Busy is not the too busy. Combine all your e-mail accounts with Hotmail. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multiaccount&ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_4 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/md/archives.html
