[MD] On Pragmatism

[John Carl]

Thanks Platt,

Excellent article AND it's always fun to find out that the rest of the world
also pays attention to the topics we take so seriously here.

I suppose you also noticed his commentary on ZAMM entitled, Father's, Sons
and Motorcycles?<http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/14/fathers-sons-and-motorcycles/>

John


On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 5:01 AM, <plattholden at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>
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