Lexicon of Arguments

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III 102
Philosophy/Hegel/Rorty: Philosophy paints grey in grey: i.e. Story is old. - Rorty: Newton did not know that his purpose was the advanced technology. - Operating theory: Problem: the purpose of the language is not fixed yet - unlike tools.
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VI 355
History of Philosophy/interpretation/reconstruction/past/Meaning Change/Conceptual Change/Rorty: dilemma: either
a) We impose on the dead in anachronistic fashion enough problems and vocabulary of our time
b) We let them appear less foolish by putting them in their own historical context.
>Vocabulary, >Meaning change, >Theory change, cf. >Incommensurability.
Rorty Thesis: We can do both, if we separate it consciously.
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VI 376f
Rorty: Philosophy is not a natural kind - that means, it does not always give the same answers to the same questions. - We should not present us as if we respond to the same stimuli as our ancestors.
>Natural kinds.
We have created new stimuli - therefore we also ask better questions.
N.B.: philosophy still has nothing to do with "meta-questions".
>Metaphysics.
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III passim
Philosophy/Hegel/Dewey/Rorty: no approach to fixed things but self-creation. The future is more productive than the past.
>New description/redescription.

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