The Putnam/Rorty Debate
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Uploaded by neopragvideo on Nov 19, 2007
Film about the Putnam and Rorty Debate and the revival of pragmatism.
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Joseph Margolis reminds me of my calculus prof, Walter Eugene Couch :P
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You can see the whole thing at vimeo.com channels americanphilosopher
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Crappy video. Very little footage of Rorty and Putnam explaining their views, no depth, just a lot of window dressing. Like the kid says, go watch some porn instead.
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It is interesting that Rorty talks about contribution by other philosophers as footnotes to Plato, or footnotes of footnotes of ......footnotes to Plato. But Plato was one of the first to put forward ideas which later came to be known as analytical philosophy. Most philosophically inclined scientists tend to be Platonic in their outlook, for reasons of success of analytical philosophy, with full cognition that there is no finality and the quest gives better picture of reality.
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I have to agree with Rorty. Afterall, ALL human knowledge is based on interpretation. Therefore ALL human knowledge is subjective.
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lol why am i watching this? im freaking 16. im ganna go watch some porn
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I think i'm likely be team Rorty then :D
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Yes.
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doesn't Pragmatism see "truth" as a function rather than a warrant for belief? This avoids a groundless metaphysics. But should one care if metaphysics is groundless? Metaphysics simply engages human interest, and could point in a certain direction. Thats something positive. Metaphysics as a kind of aesthetisizing of reality. What philosophical work worth its salt has no metaphysical dimension? That's the gravy of philosophy. I lean toward Putnam.
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Excellent video, nice to see the juxtaposition between these two great thinkers. Margolis was a delight to hear as well, I liked his comment that Rorty and Putnam were right about each other but wrong about themselves...
loregazer 3 years ago 6
Thanks for posting this.
dantean 2 years ago