TomasFitz t1_ity19gx wrote on October 27, 2022 at 3:20 AM Reply to comment by shaim2 in Logical positivism does not dispense with metaphysics, as it aimed to. It merely proposes a different kind of metaphysics, in which natural sciences take the privileged position once occupied by rationalist metaphysics. by IAI_Admin Nothing, the concept of truth is simply an empty and reflexive compliment we pay to those of our ideas that are useful in helping us do what we want to do, see Rorty, Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature. Permalink Parent 1
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Reply to comment by shaim2 in Logical positivism does not dispense with metaphysics, as it aimed to. It merely proposes a different kind of metaphysics, in which natural sciences take the privileged position once occupied by rationalist metaphysics. by IAI_Admin
Nothing, the concept of truth is simply an empty and reflexive compliment we pay to those of our ideas that are useful in helping us do what we want to do, see Rorty, Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature.