Wednesday, November 26, 2008

New Essay on "Against Theory" in The Minnesota Review

A new essay looking back at the strengths and weaknesses of Knapp and Michaels' approach to Pragmatism in "Against Theory." Though the original essay was published in 1982, clearly the issues raised in it are still alive.

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Tim Burke on Social Constructionism

Apropos of our discussion of David Scott's essay last night, here is a short essay by Timothy Burke on what's wrong with Social Constructionism.