I just went to a bar and some random ass Korean guy bought my friend and I a whole bottle of J&B. At this bar, a bottle of J&B is 70 bucks
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I heart Judith ButlerfaerieanaNovember 12 2005, 18:33:20 UTC
I don't. Rorty doesn't either.
I think he uses the contingency to show that Truth is only ever based on language, which we construct through an actual myth of and/or for the sake of "social order." Since language, the foundation of Truth, is a mere construct, we can dismiss the whole notion of absolute knowledge at any point in time. Wisdom, maybe. Knowledge, nada. Right Yusuf? (I've never read him, but I imagine his argument is pretty much in the deconstructionistic style.)
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I think he uses the contingency to show that Truth is only ever based on language, which we construct through an actual myth of and/or for the sake of "social order." Since language, the foundation of Truth, is a mere construct, we can dismiss the whole notion of absolute knowledge at any point in time. Wisdom, maybe. Knowledge, nada.
Right Yusuf? (I've never read him, but I imagine his argument is pretty much in the deconstructionistic style.)
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