[lit-ideas] Re: The Philosophy of Hot Air Conditioning
- From: Donal McEvoy <donalmcevoyuk@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:29:12 +0000 (GMT)
--- On Wed, 28/7/10, Eric Yost <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>This Popper calls "Perspectivism".
>
> Not any more. Popper's dead. He took that phrase and his
> knight errantry to the grave, saying "Falsify this!" to
> Hades and come-what-may.
>
> Nietzsche never used the term "perspectivism," although he
> was entitled to do so. Likely the term would have nettled
> him as much as it would have peeved Heraclitus.
Though Popper uses/used many -isms, and has even defended himself against the
charge of "ism-ism", it would interest me if anyone on the list could source
Popper using the term "perspectivism". Or perhaps this is another one of
Speranza's "I-just-made-it-up-as-I-went-along-isms".
Donal
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