Ideas from 'Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature' by Richard Rorty [1980], by Theme Structure
[found in 'Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature' by Rorty,Richard [Blackwell 1980,0-631-12838-7]].
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1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 7. Limitations of Analysis
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Analytical philosophy seems to have little interest in how to tell a good analysis from a bad one
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2. Reason / C. Styles of Reason / 3. Eristic
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Rational certainty may be victory in argument rather than knowledge of facts
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3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 9. Rejecting Truth
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Rorty seems to view truth as simply being able to hold one's view against all comers [O'Grady]
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3. Truth / E. Pragmatic Truth / 1. Pragmatic Truth
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For James truth is "what it is better for us to believe" rather than a correct picture of reality
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13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 2. Pragmatic justification
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If knowledge is merely justified belief, justification is social
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13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 8. Social Justification
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Knowing has no definable essence, but is a social right, found in the context of conversations
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13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 6. Scepticism Critique
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You can't debate about whether to have higher standards for the application of words
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15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 1. Mind / a. Mind
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The mind is a property, or it is baffling
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15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 1. Mind / c. Features of mind
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Pain lacks intentionality; beliefs lack qualia
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15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 4. Intentionality / b. Intentionality theories
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Is intentionality a special sort of function?
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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 1. Meaning
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Nature has no preferred way of being represented
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19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 7. Meaning Holism / b. Language holism
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Can meanings remain the same when beliefs change?
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19. Language / B. Reference / 1. Reference theories
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A theory of reference seems needed to pick out objects without ghostly inner states
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19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 6. Truth-Conditions Semantics
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Davidson's theory of meaning focuses not on terms, but on relations between sentences
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24. Political Theory / A. Basis of a State / 1. A People / a. Human distinctiveness
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Since Hegel we have tended to see a human as merely animal if it is outside a society
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