Richard Rorty: Education, Philosophy, and Politics

by Paulo Ghiraldelli and Paulo Ghiraldelli Jr.

Richard Rorty's neopragmatist philosophy marks him as one of the most gifted and controversial thinkers of his time. Antifoundationalism and antirepresentationalism are the guiding motifs in his thought. He wants to jettison a set of philosophical distinctions--appearance/reality, mind/body, morality/prudence--that have dominated and shaped the history of Western philosophy since the time of Plato. It is a position that has propelled him into a series...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742509060
• ISBN13: 9780742509061
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 9.0"