Richard Rorty
Richard McKay Rorty (October 4, 1931 – June 8, 2007) was an American philosopher. Educated at the University of Chicago and Yale University, he had strong interests and training in both the history of philosophy and in contemporary analytic philosophy. Rorty's academic career included appointments as the Stuart Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University, the Kenan Professor of Humanities at the University of Virginia, and as a professor of comparative literature at Stanford University. Among his most influential books are ''Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature'' (1979), ''Consequences of Pragmatism'' (1982), and ''Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity'' (1989).Rorty rejected the long-held idea that correct internal representations of objects in the outside world are a necessary prerequisite for knowledge. Rorty argued instead that knowledge is an ''internal'' and ''linguistic'' affair; knowledge relates only to our own language. Rorty argues that language is made up of vocabularies that are temporary and historical, and concludes that "since vocabularies are made by human beings, so are truths." The acceptance of the preceding arguments leads to what Rorty calls "ironism"; a state of mind where people are completely aware that their knowledge is dependent on their time and place in history, and are therefore somewhat detached from their own beliefs. However, Rorty also argues that "a belief can still regulate action, can still be thought worth dying for, among people who are quite aware that this belief is caused by nothing deeper than contingent historical circumstance." Provided by Wikipedia
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What Can We Hope For? : : Essays on Politics / / Richard Rorty; ed. by Chris Voparil, W. P. Malecki.
Published: [2022]
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Published: 2010.
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Published: [2008]
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Published: [2004]
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Published: [2013]
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Social Science as Moral Inquiry / / Norma Haan, William M. Sullivan, Paul Rabinow, Robert N. Bellah.
Published: [1983]
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Published: [2013]
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Published: [2010]
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Published: [2022]
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Published: 2007.
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Published: [1992]
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Published: [2021]
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Published: [2021]
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Published: [2011]
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Published: [2019]
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Published: [2019]
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Published: [2021]
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Published: [2022]
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Justice and Democracy : : Cross-Cultural Perspectives / / ed. by Ron Bontekoe, Marietta Stepaniants.
Published: [1997]
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Published: [2022]
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