I Don't Have an Epistemology, but I Dont Have a Method of Inquiry

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The pragmatist says knowledge is like truth, simply a compliment paid to the beliefs which we think so well justified that for the moment, further justification is not needed. He seems to arrive at some view that what when a belief is justified is when you have a sort of consensus among your community. But he backs away from that a little bit because he doesn't want to be self defeating. So there is a lot of discussion of of justification here, which a, iit's still, i don't no if you can help shed light on this.

David and Tamler take their first real look at pragmatism via Richard Rorty’s “Solidarity or Objectivity.” Can we discover facts about the world as it “really is,” independent of our own culturally influenced methods of inquiry? If not, does that make us relativists? Is David right about pragamatism being an ass-backward approach to scientific truth, or is he just a pragmatist who’s not ready to admit that to himself? Plus, does "The Little Mermaid" have to be white? What about Clark Kent? And we select the topic finalists for our Patreon listener selected episode.