What about Nelson Goodman's irrealism and worldmaking?
> Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2011 23:21:30 -0500
> From: aryavartacnsrn@xxxxxxxxx
> To: foucault-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Foucault-L] Foucault, correspondence theory vs coherence theory
>
> I'm familiar with Hacking. I was thinking more in terms of mainstream
> analytic thought, such as Davidson, Sellars, Russell, Ryle. I feel
> that my friend was dictating the the terms of the debate too much in
> terms of what is meant by "truth" and what one means by the
> "construction" of such, forcing a sort of relativistic light on my
> arguments despite my protestations to the contrary. Apart from Prado,
> I'm looking for some solid engagements with the analytic tradition
> that I feel can help articulate my responses more clearly, especially
> in terms of these two theories of truth. I would think, given all that
> has been written in the Foucault literature, that this debate would
> become a bit irrelevant, but for some students of analytic thought, it
> still goes on.
> But thanks for the reference anyway.
>
> On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 11:13 PM, Tim Rackett <timrackett@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Chetan I think Ian Hacking's 'style of reasoning' can help you-although hailing from an analytic tradition Hacking has great insight into the 'positivism' qua historical ontology of MF
> >
> >> Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2011 20:53:50 -0700
> >> From: ali_m_rizvi@xxxxxxxxx
> >> To: foucault-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Subject: Re: [Foucault-L] Foucault, correspondence theory vs coherence theory
> >>
> >> Hi Chetan,
> >> To the extent that we can understand Focuault's major works (at least until OT) as exploring the historical conditions of the possibility
> >> of certain discourses, practices, etc, his inquiry is more about "meaning" and hence more fundamental (prior) to the question of truth. We can raise
> >>
> >> the question of truth only about statements which are meaningful (the statements we understand). Although, admittedly the question of truth can be raised not just about a single or groups of statements, but also about an entire episteme, in which case I think, both coherence and reference has a role to play, but I don't think Foucault ever worried about such questions himself.
> >>
> >> Ali
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ________________________________
> >> From: Chetan Vemuri <aryavartacnsrn@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> To: Mailing-list <foucault-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: Wednesday, April 6, 2011 11:28 AM
> >> Subject: Re: [Foucault-L] Foucault, correspondence theory vs coherence theory
> >>
> >> Hey guys,
> >>
> >> I was talking with a friend who is a grad student in analytic
> >> philosophy and we were debating about the issue of "truth" in both
> >> analytic and continental traditions. In the course of it, we came to a
> >> discussion of the merits of the correspondence theory of truth versus
> >> the coherence theory of truth. The former argues for the veracity of a
> >> statement to be tied to its referent empirical reality and how well it
> >> "describes" or "corresponds" to it (straightforward "truth"). The
> >> latter tying veracity to a statement's relationship to other
> >> connecting statements. Where exactly would Foucault fit between these
> >> two theories? Going by the Archaeology of Knowledge, I would say he
> >> criscrosses the divide (though more accurately he could be described
> >> as being Nietzschean about truth). But are there any analytically or
> >> partly analytically trained people on here that might provide their
> >> own views?
> >>
> >> --
> >> Chetan Vemuri
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> Chetan Vemuri
> West Des Moines, IA
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