Randy Auxier at Carbondale. Thanks John, noted. Ian
On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 5:47 PM, John Carl <ridgecoy...@gmail.com> wrote: > "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 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
