Living with multiple claims to Truth, none 'proveable,' we choose our truths by 'what works,' aspiring to a democracy which supports coexistence of 'contradictory' truths, without resort to killing each other off, or appealing to a 'higher authority.' [av
During the Seventies Rorty became convinced that if God, Mind and the Good are figments of metaphysical dreamwork, the same must apply to the World as It Really Is.
Philosophers get attention only when they appear to be doing something sinister--corrupting the youth, undermining the foundations of civilization, sneering at all we hold dear. The rest of the time everybody assumes that they are hard at work somewhere d
Book Review by Brian Eno. Philosophy & Social Hope published in 2000. "Truth Without Correspondence to Reality," "A World Without Substances or Essences," and "Ethics Without Principles" are a few of the essay titles.