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The Putnam-Rorty Debate and the Pragmatist Revival

American Pragmatism was, if not dead, at least on life support until revived by the debate between Hilary Putnam and Richard Rorty on truth, warrant, and reality. (At least according to some of th...  
 
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123Kijanka (1 month ago) Show Hide
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Hello
does anybody know the year this film was made in?
mcreynoldspa (1 week ago) Show Hide
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2007 was the final edit
123Kijanka (1 week ago) Show Hide
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Thanks : )
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jamesbillions (2 months ago) Show Hide
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If that's your interpretation of Wittgenstein then you might want to actually try reading Wittgenstein.
bahramf (2 months ago) Show Hide
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He tried to dissolve rather than solve a lot of the philosophical problems of the day. So, he was sciency.
jamesellis33 (1 month ago) Show Hide
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Might want to becareful, perhaps he read it or not. You cannot say. I think comprehension is the term you intended.
polymath7 (2 months ago) Show Hide
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I said, *in lucid terms*.
Your comments are simply too vague to rebutt, and I am not going to waste my time in an attempt to extrude my interpretation through theses little boxes. Until you begin to express yourself coherently, we are through.
bahramf (2 months ago) Show Hide
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A scientific interpretation of the world is no better than any other interpretation of the world. If fact, it may be stupider than any other.

Show me how philosophy is not just another literary genre.

You can't.
jamesbillions (2 months ago) Show Hide
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Defeatist, ideological, and blind. If this is pragmatism, then pity.

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