[MD] Empiricism for dummies

[Ian Glendinning]

Matt said,
> That definitely wasn't me.

I was responding to both you and DMB.

Matt said,
> I stay away from authorial intention.

I say, along with Dennett another Rortian, that in order to extract
meaning you need to take the "intentional stance"

Anyway, I see your point of contention with DMB has reduced to "name
calling" ... what is "called" radical empiricism as a "philosophical
position" as opposed to the actual pragmatic value of radical
empiricism. I find it ironic that neo-pragmatists would find that
argument worth having.

In practice ... the $64,000 question I mentioned ....

If we think of the experienced world primarily as relations,
(interactions invloving things, dynamic processes)
ahead of any thoughts as to what the inter-related things might be
(ahead of any analysis of any subjects and/or objects involved),
then we are taking the Radical Empiricist view.

I'm happy to agree with DMB and move on.
Ian