Ep. 350: Rorty on Justification and Essentialism (Part Two for Supporters) (opens in new tab)

Concluding on "Universality and Truth" from Richard Rorty's Pragmatism As Anti-Authoritarianism. It it coherent to simply not have a theory of truth? Rorty claims that he's not a relativist; he's just avoiding some useless parts of philosophy that just cause problems, including inculcating the respect for a non-human absolute, and this attitude undermines democracy. The post Ep. 350: Rorty on Justification and Essentialism (Part Two for Supporters) first appeared on The Partially Examined Lif...