"Essentially, this theory consists of two assertions: (1) a world exists "independent" of and "external" to consciousness, and (2) knowledge consists of approximately faithful "reflections" of that world in consciousness"
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Replying to @brewingsense
At first reading, this sounds like what had been the mainstream philosophical view for centuries before Lenin? (Cf. Rorty's _Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature_.)
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Replying to @Meaningness
That is very likely, after all it didn't fall from the sky. I have just come in contact with Leninist thought, so I don't know it well enough to point out some interesting differences. I haven't read that Rorty book, I'll look into it, thanks.
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Replying to @brewingsense
The Rorty book is a classic. It was the main way the mid-20th-century German and French understanding of the limits of traditional epistemology was revealed to American analytic philosophy.
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Replying to @Meaningness @brewingsense
If you aren’t familiar with the previous mainstream view, it’s probably better to understand that first, since it’s what Rorty was reacting to. Something like Bertrand Russell maybe.
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Replying to @Meaningness
Yeah, I think I know the broad outline of the previous mainstrim view from a variety of sources. It will still be interesting to read Rorty, to see this view fully articulated and criticized.
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Replying to @brewingsense @Meaningness
I've been planning to read that Rorty book too. (Though I've been planning to read a whole lot of books, so no idea when I'll get to that one in particular.)
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Replying to @drossbucket @brewingsense
Tbh fwiw, given where you are at, it may be of more historical interest to you than telling you something you don’t know.
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Replying to @Meaningness @brewingsense
I've been skimming Christopher Norris's book on Derrida and it's mentioned a few times, so I was intrigued. There are a lot of science wars references which are probably mostly in the 'historical interest' category though.
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Replying to @drossbucket @Meaningness
I generally find it fascinating how many people have been breaking from a representationst / correspondence ToT type epistemology and point of view more or less independently and in different circumstances. I like hearing how different people articulate it.
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