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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 contemporary analytic philosophy, the latter of which came to comprise the main focus of his work at Princeton University in the 1960s. He subsequently came to reject the tradition of philosophy according to which knowledge involves correct representation (a "mirror of nature") of a world whose existence remains wholly independent of that representation. Rorty had a long and diverse academic career, including positions as Stuart Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University, Kenan Professor of Humanities at the University of Virginia, and 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).
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Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity
Richard Rorty, 1989
5 ratings
§ About Richard Rorty's books
- Books on SansFiction
- 1
- Published
- 1989
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- Classics, Philosophy
The book: Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity (1989)
In this book Rorty argues that thinkers such as Nietzsche, Freud, and Wittgenstein have enabled societies to see themselves as historical contingencies, rather than as expressions of underlying, ahistorical human nature or as realizations of suprahistorical goals.
Common questions about Richard Rorty
- Who is 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 contemporary analytic philosophy, the latter of which came to comprise the main focus of his work at Princeton University in the 1960s.
- What is Richard Rorty best known for?
- Richard Rorty is best known for Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity, published in 1989 with 5 ratings and a 4.2 average. It is the most-rated of Richard Rorty's books on SansFiction.
- What genres does Richard Rorty write?
- Richard Rorty's books on SansFiction are tagged Classics and Philosophy.
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