Have been reading, wrestling - and to a great extent understanding - Richard Rorty this whole day. I liked particularly one thing that he is quite strong about: the craze for claiming to 'know it all' and thereby the pedestal of authority one sets oneself on. Pre-Enlightenment era, religion did it and since then it is science which has been seen as 'the authority'. So he basically calls for a 'conversation', a discussion, rather than a 'race to solve problems'. And that he says is what philosophy should be doing; not establishing 'another order of truth and knowledge'.
This makes sense, especially in the field of education and reminds me of the following quote of Albert Einstein:
Have been jotting down very many thoughts and ideas these days to complete an assignment on Rorty. As I almost finished re-reading his book Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature, I find myself laughing, that initially when I began reading the book, I wanted to throw it out of the window - luckily it is only the pdf version and I certainly do not wish to part with my laptop! And now here I am, taking notes and making my own notes of the same book, with great zeal.
This makes sense, especially in the field of education and reminds me of the following quote of Albert Einstein:
Have been jotting down very many thoughts and ideas these days to complete an assignment on Rorty. As I almost finished re-reading his book Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature, I find myself laughing, that initially when I began reading the book, I wanted to throw it out of the window - luckily it is only the pdf version and I certainly do not wish to part with my laptop! And now here I am, taking notes and making my own notes of the same book, with great zeal.
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