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[from 'Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature' by Richard Rorty, in 2. Reason / C. Styles of Reason / 3. Eristic ]

Full Idea

We can think of "rational certainty" as a matter of victory in argument rather than relation to an object known.

Gist of Idea

Rational certainty may be victory in argument rather than knowledge of facts

Source

Richard Rorty (Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature [1980], 3.4)

Book Reference

Rorty,Richard: 'Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature' [Blackwell 1980], p.156