The Earth Is a Sphere, Isn't It?

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Rordy: There is no such thing as universal human nature, so we're not going to have agreement across cultures. But then you get these huge chunks of like, scientific inquiry where there is agreement. I mean, that those two things happened, and that it's unusual for them to happen. So that there's probably some explanation for hy that happed. Well, that's what i don't see rordy engaging with, which is how does his view account forcause?

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.