[MD] On Pragmatism

[plattholden at gmail.com]

All:

Excellent summary of pragmatism in today's NY Times by Stanley Fish. 
The last few sentences should be enough to lure you into reading the full 
article:

"When pragmatism tells us there are no first principles, it not only 
disqualifies itself as a source of guidance and justification; it disqualifies 
the whole enterprise (of philosophy), at least in its more ambitious 
forms. What it leaves are the pleasures of doing philosophy, the 
pleasures of thinking about thinking freed from the burdensome 
expectation that we will finally get somewhere. Now there's an 
advantage and a gift to boot." (parens added)

According to Fish, pragmatists would dismiss the MOQ's first principle of 
universal Quality

The full article can be read  at:

opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/?scp=1-spot&sq=opinionator&st=cse

Regards,
Platt