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Meta Plus Recursion (and a topos for truthiness)

Posted on July 26, 2014 by

The idea of a universally shared source of truth called ‘reason’ or ‘human nature’ is, for us pragmatists, just the idea that such discussion ought to be capable of being made conclusive. We see this idea as a misleading way … Continue reading →

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Talking Problems

Posted on July 26, 2010 by

If we could bring ourselves to accept the fact that no theory about the nature of Man or Society or Rationality, or anything else, is going to synthesize Nietzsche with Marx or Heidegger with Habermas, we could begin to think … Continue reading →

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