Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2003 19:55:24 +0100
From: "steve.devos" <steve.devos-AT-krokodile.co.uk>
Subject: Re: rorty and heidegger




Judy

kuhnvspopper is very recent - perhaps it will follow shortly.

It is a very thought provoking book - more about popper than kuhn actually.

steve

Judy wrote:

> I'm eager to read this book.  It seems to only be available from the 
> UK (Amazon UK)--the shipping really jacks up the price.  I wonder when 
> it will be released over here in Arnold's-ville.  I'll probably have 
> to break down and buy it from the UK.  It sounds great.
> Judy
>
>
>> I have been reading and enjoying Fuller's work on kuhn and popper 
>> over the past few days into weeks. In the midst of this text some 
>> interesting moments on Rorty; the central accusation (which is 
>> undoubtedly true) being that "... the dominant figures of the two 
>> main European traditions Wittgenstin and Heidegger have promoted a 
>> conservative even conformist vision of social practice..."  The 
>> argument which I will not repeat here is that  Rorty maintains that 
>> Heidegger is the most original philosopher of the 20th C. In the 
>> process of doing so he creates the maximum distence possible between 
>> what "Rorty calls Heidegger's ideas and the origins and the 
>> consequences of the ideas - including the invocation of a far-fetched 
>> futuristic physiology...."  
>>
>> Can anyone confirm that this understanding is an accurate 
>> representation of  Rorty's understanding - (my knowledge of Rorty's 
>> Heidegger is not as detailed as it would be if I was an american.)
>>
>> thanks
>> steve
>
>> http://krokodile.co.uk
>
>

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I'm eager to read this book.  It seems to only be available from the UK (Amazon UK)--the shipping really jacks up the price.  I wonder when it will be released over here in Arnold's-ville.  I'll probably have to break down and buy it from the UK.  It sounds great.

Judy

I have been reading and enjoying Fuller's work on kuhn and popper over the past few days into weeks. In the midst of this text some interesting moments on Rorty; the central accusation (which is undoubtedly true) being that "... the dominant figures of the two main European traditions Wittgenstin and Heidegger have promoted a conservative even conformist vision of social practice..."  The argument which I will not repeat here is that  Rorty maintains that Heidegger is the most original philosopher of the 20th C. In the process of doing so he creates the maximum distence possible between what "Rorty calls Heidegger's ideas and the origins and the consequences of the ideas - including the invocation of a far-fetched futuristic physiology...."  

Can anyone confirm that this understanding is an accurate representation of  Rorty's understanding - (my knowledge of Rorty's Heidegger is not as detailed as it would be if I was an american.)

thanks
steve

http://krokodile.co.uk