Ep. 350: Rorty on Justification and Essentialism (Part Two)

from The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast · host Mark Linsenmayer

Subscribe to get parts 1 and 2 of this now, ad-free, plus tons of bonus content. 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. Sponsor: Check out the Constant Wonder podcast. The post Ep. 350: Rorty on Justification and Essentialism (Part Two) first appeared on The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast.

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