Comments on: What I’ve been reading

By: Alden Rickman

Alden Rickman — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:29:28 +0000

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By: kleph

kleph — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:06:03 +0000

in a lot of ways, rorty can be seen as taking analytic philosophy to it’s farthest extent – and watching it fall off the table into complete anarchy. in that respect, P&TMN can almost be treated as a reductio ad absurdum (wittgenstein + pragmatism = WTF?).

in terms of his assessment of the analytic tradition that preceded him, the book is fantastic. in terms of creating a viable philosophy going forward, it’s much less so.

the idea of philosophy serving as a gadfly to intellectualism seems… somewhat useless and not a little pretentious. but that idea’s application to the age of snark that the wonderful world of the internet has begotten is tough to overlook.

you should check out some of Jürgen Habermas stuff. he’s a hell of a lot less dour about our intellectual prospects for the future.

By: MrRedDevil

MrRedDevil — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:57:40 +0000

The Arnsparger book is a BEAST.

By: Homyrrh

Homyrrh — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:30:29 +0000

Rorty was genuinely brilliant, though in my immensely limited scope of his philosophy, I have to feel that much of his defense of his secularist position is at least as elitist and even cultist as the religious fundamentalism he sought to critique.

By: Turd Ferguson

Turd Ferguson — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:14:06 +0000

Rorty, huh? I’m interested: What’s your relationship with philosophy, analytic or otherwise?

By: Hermus

Hermus — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:26:40 +0000

Hi Chris, I really enjoy this blog. Can you recommend a good book or two on general football history? I was browsing Amazon the other day, but most everything is a fluffy nostalgia trip. I’m looking for something that includes some of the evolution of X’s & O’s and rules along with the cultural & social traditions. Thanks.

By: Honey

Honey — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 01:08:49 +0000

Bill Arnsparger rocks !!!

By: Kent

Kent — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:49:38 +0000

The Years with Ross is a joy.

By: DrB

DrB — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:28:42 +0000

The Arnsparger book is one of my favorite resources. I think its the best book on defensive football out there. It may be a bit scheme-specific for some though.