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Article #368Re: John Searle
From: RiemannZeta(s)
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 01:08
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 01:08
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In article <1992Dec21.171807.2296@psych.toronto.edu> christo@psych.toronto.edu (Christopher Green) writes: >You've messed up the attributions here. It's Antoni who's expressed what >I called "crude pragmatism", and if you agree with it, then I suggest you >read up on the fall of pragmatic theories of truth. The _Encyclopedia of >Philosophy_ would probably be a reasonable place to begin, though it's a >bit dated (1967). Ooops! Sorry about the attribution. I have't read the Encyclopaedia of Philosophy, but I have read a reasonable amount of epistemology. I wouldn't really describe myself as a "naive" pragmatist (nor would Antoni I suspect), but one conclusion I did come to is that the theories of truth that don't contain at least some concessions to the pragmatist view are pretty silly. Danny. -- ************************************************* I ache for the touch of your lips, Dear, But much more for the touch of your whips, Dear. You can raise welts Like nobody else, As we dance to the Masochism Tango. *************************************************
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Newsgroups: sci.cognitive Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!metro!news From: neilb@physics.su.OZ.AU (RiemannZeta(s)) Subject: Re: John Searle Message-ID: <1992Dec30.010840.29496@ucc.su.OZ.AU> Sender: danny@cs.su.oz.au (Danny Yee) Nntp-Posting-Host: physics.su.oz.au Organization: School of Physics, University of Sydney, Australia References: <1992Dec18.000838.26936@psych.toronto.edu> <1992Dec21.003650.11227@cs.su.oz.au> <1992Dec21.171807.2296@psych.toronto.edu> Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 01:08:40 GMT Lines: 23