[MD] On Pragmatism

[Ian Glendinning]

Platt, John,
FYI ... The previous Fish link was publicised on here previously ...
it is the review that coincides with Matthew Crawford's "Shop Class as
Soul Craft" publication.
Regards
Ian

On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 1:48 PM,  <plattholden at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Johh. I had missed it.
>
> Platt
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>
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> On 16 Mar 2010 at 5:27, John Carl wrote:
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>> 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
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>> 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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