Riddles of the Sphinx : a study in the philosophy of evolution / by a troglodyte ...

Pragmatism & Democracy

“…in Held 2004. 10 Public and publicity should be kept strictly distinguished, although they are strongly related. It would be useful here to remark the similarities and differences with other notions of publicity, e.g.…”

“…10 Such a project is predicated on seeking accord between science and religion. It seeks to strip away the demarcations whereby "science is defined as the knowledge of the manifestations of the Unknowable", "God has become an unknowable Infinite, and Faith has been degraded into an unthinking assent to unmeaning verbiage about confessedly insoluble difficulties.…”

“…It is more like a failure of nerve, a fairly sudden loss of generous instincts and of patriotic fellow feeling." 10 In the example Rorty offered, family-feeling gets in the way of fellowfeeling. Sympathy for a brother-in-law obscures our responsibility to fellow citizens.…”

“…It needs no argument to acknowledge that here are real conflicts. 10 The only question worth answering is how to settle them in manner that is best for the widest amount of people. Finally, for Dewey democracy utilizes both scientific knowledge and creativity for communication and solution.…”

“…9 Dewey, LW 13, p. 175. 10 Indeed, it is surprising the number of claims to the effect that Dewey underestimates the kind and amount of social conflict. This is absurd.…”