M&D read and Truth

[Mark Kohut]

>From the recently famous historian whose essay, now short book (and posters
made) on Tyranny has made him hot (that's a sales term, not onine
harassment).
In the Davidson tradition, wikipedia might have taught me ( if I'm right.
Notice well)
on p 350.

"Believe in truth. To abandon facts is to abandon freedom. If nothing is
true, then no one can criticize power, because there is no basis upon which
to do so. If nothing is true, then all is spectacle. The biggest wallet
pays for the most blinding lights." - Timothy Snyder

On Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 5:26 AM, matthew cissell <mccissell at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Dear P-list,
>
> To the extent that a person's reading experience is shaped by where and
> and when and how s/he reads something, it is hard to imagine a hermetic
> separation of the growing division portrayed in the novel and the division
> we see in many societies today, especially the US.
>
>   Moreover, in this era with its increasing assaults on the pursuit of
> truth, I think we must carefully consider one of the most oft quoted lines
> from M&D that occurs about 350 pages into the book and concerns Truth.
> Perhaps in counter balance to the usual interrogators of Truth (Derrida
> will do for a cliché example, but you may add others) let me suggest we
> contemplate thinkers such as Donald Davidson, Michael Dummett and/ or
> Stanley Cavell.
>
> I'll see what I can throw in along the way.
>
> ciao
> mc
>
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