[lit-ideas] Re: Nietzsche & truth
- From: Robert.Paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Robert Paul)
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: 24 Jan 2005 21:19:38 PST
[I=20hope=20this=20works]
I=20wrote:
There=20are=20perhaps=20apparent=20exceptions:=20one=20might=
=20defend=20or=20advocate=20a
plan=20one=20thinks=20would=20be=20more=20effective=20than=
=20another,=20and=20mistakenly=20infer=20that
because=20if=20one=20were=20defending=20its=20comparative=
=20effectiveness=20one=20would=20be
adopting=20a=20crude=20Pragmatist=20notion=20of=20'truth'=20as=
=20what=20works.=20But...
A=20more=20defensible=20version=20might=20be:
There=20are=20apparent=20exceptions:=20it=20might=20be=20mistakenly=
=20inferred=20that=20a=20person=20who=20defends=20or=20advocates=
=20a=20plan=20on=20the=20grounds=20that=20it=20would=20be=20more=
=20effective=20than=20another=20was,=20by=20defending=20its=
=20comparative=20effectiveness,=20adopting=20a=20crude=20Pragmatist=
=20notion=20of=20'truth'=20as=20what=20works.=20But...
And=20so=20to=20bed.
Robert=20Paul
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