tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13734864.post4697654229410004616..comments2024-01-04T08:02:29.500-05:00Comments on Attempts: Kay Ryan Rides on Neurath's Raft (Kay Ryan Weekâ˘, Day 3)Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16524368948187746248noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13734864.post-60568458547144044522012-03-16T02:56:52.374-04:002012-03-16T02:56:52.374-04:00IMO naturalism is the more fundamental theme in US...IMO naturalism is the more fundamental theme in US thought. Everyone talks about pragmatism but that is largely because Rorty and Putnam decided to revive it for their own reasons (ie as a way to escape Quinean naturalism). Of course this form of 'pragmatism' moves in the opposite direction of the 'pragmatism' of most of the early pragmatists who were naturalistic (Dewey) or proto-naturalistic (Peirce) in orientation. Quine is in many ways the culmination of this development (or rather its synthesis and reaction to/with the logical positivism of the Vienna circle and the distinct form of naturalism represented by Neurath).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com