From: SD19587-AT-swt.edu
Date: Fri, 01 May 1998 13:44:48 -0500 (CDT)
Subject: Re: Heidegger & Kuhn


Anthony:

Thanl you for your reply concerning Heidegger and Kuhn.  I agree with
you that this marks the essential difference between the two.  But do 
you think that, given this way of looking at Heidegger, viz., as a 
supporter of the view that objectivity traditionally conceived is 
parasitic upon actual lived practice, anything of real substance 
distinguishes Heidegger from the pragmatic tradition?  For they also
argue that objectivity without personal involvement is a myth, i.e., 
that the thing-in-itself is a myth, and that theory and practice should
not be (or cannot be) separated.  Are the pragmatists still within the
tradition of "conceptual philosophy" (understood as that which separates
Heidegger from Kuhn)?

Thanks again and I look forward to further discussion,
Shane Denson


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