"I took it as a very positive sign when, in Feb. of 07 I was meeting with Hilary and Ruth Anna Putnam about Hilary's forthcoming volume in the Library of Living Philosophers, and gracious as he always is, Hilary asked "what are *you* working on?" I said "a book on Royce," and his face lit up as he said "I *love* Royce."
Hilary Putnam, the defender of Realism, convert to the philosophies of James and Dewey from the narrow straits of linguistic philosophy, *loves*Royce? That can only be a good sign." from the Preface to *Time, Will and Purpose; Living Ideas from the Philosophy of Josiah Royce* by Randall Auxier Randy is mainly a Jamesian and a breath of fresh air since my limited experience with W. James scholars has been very poor. But in Randy I've found a great mind, open to dialogue on the big ideas. Also he's a fan of Pirsig and teaches him in his classes at Carbondale - THE center for students of American Philosophers, I have learned. We have had a lot of fruitful back and forth with what he knows of James and Royce and what I know of Pirsig and I'd like to invite him to join this discussion where he would be exposed to a wider range of expertise than dilettante moi can provide but unfortunately, he's also a church-going Methodist and I'm afraid he'd just be subjected to the same inane, anti-theistic vilification I have experienced here. Plus he's pretty busy. That's probably the biggest problem we have around here - truly high quality people don't have much time to chat about it; they just get on with their lives. Maye that's a clue to us all. 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
