Rorty, Liberal Democracy, and Religious Certainty

by Neil Gascoigne

Book Overview

This book asks whether there any limits to the sorts of religious considerations that can be raised in public debates, and if there are, by whom they are to be identified. Its starting point is the work of Richard Rorty, whose pragmatic pluralism leads him to argue for a politically motivated anticlericalism rather than an epistemologically driven atheism. Rather than defend Rorty's position directly, Gascoigne argues for an epistemological...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030254534
• ISBN13: 9783030254537
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
• Length: 115 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.3"