Bernard Chasan wrote:

>I don't think that such a cavalier attitude toward objective truth is
>wholesome or justified.  Clearly there are huge areas in our lives where
>taste and convention reign, but,at least in science, there are procedures
>and results which really warrant the label, "objective truth" - the mass of
>the electron, the speed of light, the radius of the sun, the feeding habits
>of fruit bats, etc.

I agree with you almost completely, although Rorty does have something to
say for himself in a sophisticated, philosophical sort of way (as this is
not a philosophy list, I can't go into that here, though).  But what is
under discussion here is art, not science, and artistic judgments do depend
on individual tastes.

Jon Johanning // [log in to unmask]