Hey Dave, Thank you for offering a conversation and a mighty interesting topic. To me, to call yourself a "pragmatist" is to assert the primacy of experience in any explanation, but, since analytic philosophy has enjoyed quite a bit of popularity and has come to be known as the subject of "Philosophy" in some circles, I can understand how one understands the term "truth" as a compliment paid to assertions but that explanation still does not address the "why" or the "what for". Why do we pay homage to clarity? why is clarity "good"? Why the compliment? Hildebrant said : [Ron]Today I raise a simple question: which term, “experience" or “language,” best expresses the central motivation of pragmatism? Which would you choose? Something about the choice —and why? What are the stakes? It is interesting to note how this work is a response to analytic conceptions of "truth" in fact it seems to be a reaction to the reaction to the concept of the analytic meaning of "truth statements" and to be able to call yourself a Pragmatist at all you hold experience as primary to language, a real rant at what he seems to be painting as a reactionary response for the most part. Have not read it all the way through yet but it's interesting reading so far. Thanxs for the the pdf.
________________________________ From: david buchanan <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 3, 2012 12:44 PM Subject: [MD] Two flavors of Pragmatism Matt Kundert might appreciate this... “Experience or Language? Choosing Pragmatism's Central Motive” by David L. Hildebrand. Can you guess which kind Pirsig would like best? http://www.nordprag.org/papers/epc1/Hildebrand.pdf 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 matters—and perhaps we should choose. But which term 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
