[lit-ideas] grice falsified popper, six times

  • From: palma <palmaadriano@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 13:30:40 +0200

On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 12:56 PM, Donal McEvoy <donalmcevoyuk@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

>
> >Oddly, on p. 18 of "Studies in the Way of Words", that transcribe his
> 1967
> Harvard conferences, Grice says:
>
> Heidegger is the greatest living philosopher.>
>
>  Obviously Grice was unaware of Popper's continued existence (despite
> occasional health problems) in 1967.
>
>  Dnl
>  Ldn
>
>
>  On Friday, 28 March 2014, 9:34, "Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx" <Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>  In a message dated 3/28/2014 5:14:40 A.M.  Eastern Daylight Time,
> palmaadriano@xxxxxxxxx writes:
> I presume that it must  be thought that he was important as a philosopher.
> It is this assumption that I  am skeptical of.
>
> Oddly, on p. 18 of "Studies in the Way of Words", that transcribe his
> 1967
> Harvard conferences, Grice says:
>
> Heidegger is the greatest living philosopher.
>
> So, we indeed have, to use Omar K.'s words, an 'assumption' here: to the
> effect that Heidegger was an important philosopher, or in Grice's words,
> "the
> greatest living philosopher".
>
> I'm not so far sceptical about the assumption, and am interested in the
> fact that the assumption took different verbal versions along the years.
>
> Heidegger seems to have cast a spell on many. His locutions and creed in
> general influenced so many -- and so it may do indeed to approach the
> assumption  critically.
>
> Or not.
>
> One good start is McEvoy's commentary (on remarks by P. Enns) to the
> effect that Heidegger's views of language are important and motivational.
> Or not.
>
> McEvoy:
>
> "Nothing presented so far indicates how Heidegger offers an  account of
> human language that goes beyond grandstanding assertions of a
> question-begging
> type: small wonder he was against science as measured against  its
> standards his assertions might seem little more than metaphysics of the
> more  empty
> kind. I should note however that a reputable figure like Bryan Magee does
> take Heidegger and his importance seriously, so perhaps there is something
> in
> it."
>
> Another would be to revise or revisit what Oxford-educated Magee said
> about
> this. Or not.
>
> Indeed, as Walter O. notes, it all seemed to have started, Oxford-wise,
> when G. Ryle (who'd later become Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy
> there)
> cared to review Heidegger's "Being and Time" (in the vernacular!) for
> "Mind", of  all places!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Speranza
>
>
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