Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature : : Thirtieth-Anniversary Edition / / Richard Rorty.

• VerfasserIn: Rorty, Richard,
• TeilnehmendeR: Bromwich, David.; Williams, Michael.
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2008]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction to the 2009 Edition /; Preface --; Introduction --; PART ONE. Our Glassy Essence --; CHAPTER I. The Invention of the Mind --; CHAPTER II. Persons Without Minds --; PART TWO: Mirroring --; CHAPTER III. The Idea of a "Theory of Knowledge" --; CHAPTER IV. Privileged Representations --; CHAPTER V. Epistemology and Empirical Psychology --; CHAPTER VI. Epistemology and Philosophy of Language --; PART THREE: Philosophy --; CHAPTER VII. From Epistemology to Hermeneutics --; CHAPTER VIII. Philosophy Without Mirrors --; The Philosopher as Expert /; Afterword: Remembering Richard Rorty /; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781400833061
• DOI: 10.1515/9781400833061?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Richard Rorty.

When it first appeared in 1979, Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature hit the philosophical world like a bombshell. In it, Richard Rorty argued that, beginning in the seventeenth century, philosophers developed an unhealthy obsession with the notion of representation: comparing the mind to a mirror that reflects reality. Rorty's book is a powerful critique of this imagery and the tradition of thought that it spawned. Today, the book remains a must-read and stands as a classic of twentieth-century philosophy. Its influence on the academy, both within philosophy and across a wide array of disciplines, continues unabated. This edition includes new essays by philosopher Michael Williams and literary scholar David Bromwich, as well as Rorty's previously unpublished essay "The Philosopher as Expert."