Richard Rorty and the Philosophical Life

Contemporary Pragmatism 8 (1):35-45 (2011)
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Abstract

Rorty's "philosophical life" as a public intellectual was aimed at dispelling the belief that there is a transcendent source of information about what is true and real that humans are obliged to bow down to. From a historical standpoint, his thought can be seen as the culmination of a development of ideas leading to the view that humans determine what counts as real and right. This paper traces this view and also questions whether, in its most robust form, it is tenable

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Philosophy and the future.Richard Rorty - 1995 - In Herman J. Saatkamp (ed.), Rorty & pragmatism: the philosopher responds to his critics. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press.

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