--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "PaliGap" wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend"
> wrote:
> >
> > Stanley Fish discusses a new book by Joseph Margolis,
> > "Pragmatism's Advantage." Fish's essay may or may not
> > have relevance to the comments of Chesterton in his
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend"
wrote:
>
> Stanley Fish discusses a new book by Joseph Margolis,
> "Pragmatism's Advantage." Fish's essay may or may not
> have relevance to the comments of Chesterton in his
> essay "The Revival of Philosophy--Why?" that was
> mentioned and qu
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"
wrote:
> Fish
> > The usual answer is that philosophy, by identifying
> > first principles, can serve both to guide and
> > justify our actions.
>
> Here he seems to be referring to rationalist philosophy
>
> When pragmatism tells u
Judy
I have some reading to do to really follow this but just reading this post I
believe that pragmatism and empiricism need to be separated out. "Sitting on a
dock on the bay watching the tide roll away" is perfectly empirical but is does
not serve a pragmatic function. Pragmatism deals
