[MD] Rorty's Relativism

[Matt Kundert]

Hi Ian,

Ian said:
I see violent agreement on the middle ground that MoQ 
provides. Any need to "attack" (or defend) Rorty just 
seems spurious ?

Matt:
I'm sorry, Ian, while on the one hand your constant, 
long-standing effort to find middle ground and the like is 
commendable, on the other hand, it is starting to sound 
edgy and nullifying.  As if you're going to start arguing that 
people should stop arguing.

There's certainly a balancing act in all this (arguments, 
debates, conversations, etc.), but agreements, or what 
have you, can only be reached _through_ the conversations 
being had by motivated participants, not by fiat from 
someone that wants the conversations to stop.

In other words, "spurious" is not the word you're looking for.  
You seem to have floated so high into the ether that 
everything's turned grey.  _That's_ relativism.  Relativism is 
pure Objectivism, pure Omniscience, just as the Blue Dude in 
Watchmen displayed so well.  The more he knew, the less 
humanity he had.

There's nothing _spurious_ about attacking or defending Rorty, 
or any other set of opinions (unless, of course, one's take a 
God/Buddha's-eye view of the world)--there are only good and 
bad attacks or defenses, good or bad opinions.

Matt

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