Richard Rorty

by Edited by Charles Guignon , David R. Hiley

• ISBN13: 9780521804899
• ISBN10: 0521804892
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-07-28
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Arguably the most influential of all contemporary English-speaking philosophers, Richard Rorty has transformed the way many philosophers think about the discipline and the traditional ways of practicing it. The essays in this volume offer a balanced exposition and critique of Rorty's views on knowledge, language, truth, science, morality and politics. Written by a distinguished roster of philosophers, this introduction presents a valuable overview of Rorty's philosophical vision. It will appeal as well to students in the social sciences, literary studies, cultural studies and political theory. Charles Guigon, a Professor of Philosophy at the University of South Florida, has published widely on existentialism, psychotherapy and Heidegger, and edited the Cambridge Companion to Heidegger (1993). Provost and Professor at the University of New Hampshire, David R. Hiley, is also the author of other works, including Philosophy in Question: Essays on a Pyrrhonian Theme (University of Chicago, 1988) and The Interpretive Turn: Philosophy, Science and Culture (Cornell, 1991).

Table of Contents

Contributors	ix
Acknowledgments	xi
Abbreviations	xiii
Introduction: Richard Rorty and Contemporary Philosophy	1	(40)
Charles Guignon
David R. Hiley
Rorty's Critique of Epistemology	41	(20)
Gary Gutting
Rorty on Knowledge and Truth	61	(20)
Michael Williams
From Realism or Antirealism to Science as Solidarity	81	(24)
Joseph Rouse
Rorty's Democratic Hermeneutics	105	(19)
Georgia Warnke
Rorty's Inspirational Liberalism	124	(15)
Richard J. Bernstein
Don't Be Cruel: Reflections on Rortyan Liberalism	139	(19)
Jean Bethke Elshtain
Rorty and Philosophy	158	(23)
Charles Taylor
Bibliography	181	(20)
Index	201