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Mirroring without Metaphysics

Michael Philips on truth and the Correspondence Theory.

Most Americans believe that Osama bin Laden ordered the attack on the World Trade Center. Some Muslims believe the Israelis were behind it. Many Postmodernists write as if there is no truth of this or any other matter (only narratives). Pragmatists of Richard Rorty’s school claim that there is a truth but that truth really ultimately means ‘what’s good for us to believe’. Both Rorty and the Postmodernists defend their position by attacking the Correspondence Theory of Truth.

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