Talk:Brand Blanshard
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A very good article on Brand Blanshard. I was much impressed with his book _Reason and Analysis_ which, at least to my mind, was a demolition job of currents in analytic philosophy, though I isagree with Blanshard's own positive views. I still can't figure out how someone like Blanshard, who writes in a clear, rational fashion gets lets attention than an obscurantist like Heidegger or one who writes in an ocular fashion like Wittgenstein.
- I fear the explanation is sadly obvious :>(
MWAK--217.122.44.226 13:25, 8 Jul 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Scott Ryan, please!
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I am intrigued to discover that Objectivists deem Blanshard a mainstream philosopher they can respect.
I believe that literary style ultimately carries the day. But I had not heard before that Blanshard wrote beautifully. In this respect, he is a brother under the skin to Gilbert Ryle and Quine (in his better moments).
Re Heidegger: rest assured that his reputation is in deep, deep trouble. The only exception is some points Heidegger made, to which Berkeley's Hubert Dreyfus has drawn careful attention, that can be read as a powerful critique of the possibility of machine intelligence. By 2050, no one in the English speaking world will be reading Heidegger.
Re Wittgenstein: he fascinates that part of many people's brain tickled by Zen Bhuddism. He also fascinates because he was an engineer by training and self-educated as a philosopher. As the 20th century keepers of the Wittgenstein flame (Anscombe, von Wright, etc.) die, the Wittgenstein cult will fade away.
