Question for you about the langue / ecriture thing, though: I don't think Rorty would say that there is such a thing as "langue" aside from the specific utterances that make it up. I.e. the space of language isn't any…
I never saw Rawls speak and never met him. But Habermas gave a talk once at UVa at Rorty’s invitation, and I went to hear him. As the kids say, hold my beer.
(British, informal) Boisterous, rowdy, saucy, dissipated, or risqué.
"Tell us a good story, Rodney — one of your rorty ones." / Mr. Rodney shrivelled. / "I fear," he murmured — "I fear I am scarcely in the — er — rorty vein to-night."
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“Question for you about the langue / ecriture thing, though: I don't think Rorty would say that there is such a thing as "langue" aside from the specific utterances that make it up. I.e. the space of language isn't anything other than what is said. What do you think?”
“I never saw Rawls speak and never met him. But Habermas gave a talk once at UVa at Rorty’s invitation, and I went to hear him. As the kids say, hold my beer.”
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