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Full Idea
Rorty seems to view truth as simply being able to hold one's view against all comers.
Gist of Idea
Rorty seems to view truth as simply being able to hold one's view against all comers
Source
report of Richard Rorty (Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature [1980]) by Paul O'Grady - Relativism Ch.4
Book Ref
O'Grady,Paul: 'Relativism' [Acumen 2002], p.108
A Reaction
This may be a caricature of Rorty, but he certainly seems to be in the business of denying truth as much as possible. This strikes me as the essence of pragmatism, and as a kind of philosophical nihilism.
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