Believe (Richard Rorty Remix)

Male voice:   Lola?
Female voice: Huh?
Male voice:   Die Philosophen haben die Welt interpretiert.
Female voice: Es kommt darauf an, sie zu verändern.

   I don't believe in Knowledge
   I don't think it's attained
   And I believe there's nothing lost
   by doubting her again.

   I don't believe in Plato
   I don't believe in Kant
   I don't believe you can perceive
   the things beyond your sense.

   I don't believe in Science
   'cause Science does not know.
   But I believe in Dewey and
   in James and Berthelot.

   I don't believe in Reason
   that accesses the Truth
   I don't believe philosophies
   that held me in my youth.

   I don't believe society could be
   the way it "should";
   But I hope for humanity --
   the future's lookin' good.

   I don't believe Theology
   or in the Moral Law
   I don't believe morality
   is written in the stars.

   I believe!  I believe!

   I don't believe in Essence
   I don't believe in Truth
   'cause I believe reality
   is that which we can use.

   I don't believe that Reason
   swings free of history.
   But I believe in irony
   and solidarity.

   I don't believe in Science
   'cause Science does not know.
   But I believe in Dewey and
   in James and Berthelot.

   I don't believe in Reason
   that accesses the Truth
   I don't believe philosophies
   that held me in my youth.

   I believe!
   
   I want you to try,
   no need to know why
   No maxims, no rules
   No ethical schools.

   I believe!
   
   No natures, no facts
   No essences, no forms
   For Rorty, just we
   No realism to see.

   I believe!

   I want you to try,
   no need to know why
   No maxims, no rules
   No ethical schools
   No natures, no facts
   No essences, no forms
   For Rorty, just we
   No realism to see...