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>From: john@publications.ccc.monash.edu.au (John Wilkins)
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In article <1991Nov19.101612.5603@husc3.harvard.edu>, zeleny@zariski.harvard.edu (Mikhail Zeleny) writes:
> CM:
> >By the way, for those who find the ideas of Daniel Dennett interesting,
> >there is an encouraging review of his new book by Rorty in the current
> >issue of the London Review of Books.
> 
> This, of course, assumes that Rorty still has some credibility in the
> English-speaking world.  Can a nihilist tell the difference between a
> charlatan and an ignoramus?  Would you buy an artificial intelligence, 
> or any other form of technology, from a follower of Heidegger?

Jesus, Misha, you would if they were competent technologists.


