A short introduction
Elin is Research Fellow at the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, working on a project for ISEED on what we can learn from citizen science about increasing democratic inclusion (www.iseedeurope.eu). She holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge on Rorty’s uses of literature.Publications:
Can we live without searching for ultimate truths? (The Return of Metaphysics)
It is second nature for human beings to look for ultimate truths and ground our lives on that search. But should we give up on ultimates altogether and, instead, live pragmatically on the basis of the best ‘literary story’ we can come up with? Dr. Danielsen Huckerby describes how philosopher Richard Rorty argued for just that.
Let us build the future of our culture together
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