When it first appeared in 1979, Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature hit the philosophical world like a bombshell. In it, Richard Rorty argued that, beginning in the seventeenth century, philosophers developed an unhealthy obsession with...

Mind, Language, and Metaphilosophy von Rorty, Richard

Must the sins of America's past poison its hope for the future? Lately the American Left, withdrawing into the ivied halls of academe to rue the nation's shame, has answered yes in both word and deed. In Achieving Our Country, Rorty...

Consequences Of Pragmatism von Rorty, Richard

Since Plato most philosophy has aimed at true knowledge, penetrating beneath appearances to an underlying reality. Against this tradition, Richard Rorty convincingly argues, pragmatism offers a new philosophy of hope. One of the most...

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 to ascertain truth, we can only...

Solidarität oder Objektivität? von Rorty, Richard

Following two previous works, OBJECTIVITY, RELATIVISM, AND TRUTH and ESSAYS ON HEIDEGGER AND OTHERS, Richard Rorty, one of America's foremost social philosophical and cultural theorists, continues to defend his provocative and pragmatic...

Kontingenz, Ironie und Solidarität: Übersetzt von Christa Krüger

"Achieving Our Country: Leftist Thought in Twentieth-Century America" von Richard Rorty ist eine kritische Auseinandersetzung mit der Entwicklung des linken Denkens in den USA. Rorty argumentiert, dass die amerikanische Linke ihren...

"Pale Fire: Vladimir Nabokov (Everyman's Library CLASSICS)" von Richard Rorty ist eine tiefgründige Analyse des berühmten Romans "Pale Fire" von Vladimir Nabokov. Das Buch beinhaltet einen kritischen Kommentar, der das komplizierte...

The second volume of Richard Rorty's collected papers discusses recent European philosophy focusing on the work of Heidegger and Derrida. von Rorty, Richard