From: Patrick van den Berg (cirandar@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Jan 14 2003 - 17:25:49 GMT
--- Platt Holden <pholden@sc.rr.com> wrote:
> Hi Patrick:
>
> > Do you think that this scientist from Denmark is right? That the
> climate
> > isn't heating up?
>
> What I think is irrelevant to the point of my post which was to
> question
> the veracity of Rorty's "solidarity truth." A debate about the extent
> of
> climate change on this site which is primarily devoted to philosophy,
> especially the Metaphysic of Quality, would not be appropriate IMO.
Yes, you're right. But I was just curious. Ultimately, the issue of
global heating could have serious consequenses of life on earth, and
consequences of negative quality, I deem.
Discussing dutch political issues here, as I said I would do, this I
toyed with in my mind. But similarily, I thought it would digress too
much from the goal of this forum. Others would disagree, of course,
debating whether or not Pirsig is a Liberal or Conservatist...
Furthermore, I use my not discussing dutch political here as an excuse
to focus on my thesis more! I want to finish this damn thing! I'll
retreat from posting in this forum for a while, therefore, after
skimming things addressed to me, and that politely requires some answer
of course.
> heart of intellectual values. Do you agree with Pirsig's truth
> criteria,
> Rorty's criteria or some other standard?
Pirsig's truth criteria are somewhere between absolutism and relativism.
Basically, I find this a good thing. I'm not acquainted with Rorty.
> What moves you along the
> scale from doubt to certainty?
As a true intuitive Baysian statistician, I always remain in doubt about
much things, but I try to search for plausible reasoning in, for
instance, societal issues, to form an opinion which is far from certain,
but sufficient for the moment, so I can move on, while adding a
temporarily truth-lable on my plausible conclusion, to use this as a
standpoint in future discussions.
All the best, Patrick.
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