[MD] Rorty's Relativism

[John Carl]

David,
I have  questions, since i don't know Rorty from whosit.    Does
conversation  differ from the  dialectic method of getting at truth?


> dmb says:



>  Rorty says, "the real issue ...is between those think our culture, or
> purposes, or intuitions, CANNOT BE SUPPORTED EXCEPT CONVERSATIONALLY, and
> people who still hope for other sorts of support". I mean, if Rorty's words
> are not evidence of Rorty's thoughts, then what could be evidence? In
> philosophy, that's about all you get. Sometimes it's good to back things up
> with empirical data from the sciences and such, but usually textual evidence
> is all you get. It's like literary criticism in that sense.


Which is also a lot like conversation, hmmm...?


John the conversationalist