In his essay, rordys argues that the rhetoric of scientific objectivity is starting to lead to more damaging results. He says it has led us to people like b f. Skinner on the one hand, and people like althuser on the other,. both produced by the attempt o be scientific about our moral and political lives. And he wants to sketch out a version of pragmatism that actually is congenial to most of our practices.
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.
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