In his final work, Richard Rorty provides the definitive statement of his political thought. Rorty equates pragmatism with anti-authoritarianism, arguing that because there is no authority we can rely on…

Arguably the most influential of all contemporary English-speaking philosophers, Richard Rorty has transformed the way many inside and outside philosophy think about the discipline and the traditional ways of practising…

Richard Rorty is one of the world’s most influential living thinkers. He is notorious for contending that the traditional, foundation-building and truth-seeking ambitions of systematic philosophy should be set aside…

Richard Rorty (1931 - 2007) ist einer der wichtigsten amerikanischen Philosophen der Gegenwart, der die analytische Philosophie sowohl gepragt als auch massgeblich zu ihrer Kritik beigetragen und damit die Wiederentdeckung…

An engagement between Confucianism and the philosophy of Richard Rorty.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2009 im Fachbereich Philosophie - Philosophie des 20. Jahrhunderts / Gegenwart, Note: 2, Technische Universitat Dresden, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In der folgenden Arbeit werde ich mich…

The book makes a new contribution to the contemporary debates on nihilism and the sacred. Drawing on an original interpretation of Richard Rorty’s writings, it challenges the orthodox treatment of…

This book examines Richard Rorty’s pragmatist philosophy for thinking about the aims and processes of liberal education, offering a radical re-interpretation of the philosopher’s arguments against metaphysics.