Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature

Name: Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature
Author: Richard Rorty

by Richard Rorty

Rorty's critique of Western epistemology, arguing philosophy should abandon mirrors and embrace pragmatism

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Richard Rorty

American philosopher who argued for pragmatism as an alternative to both analytic and continental philosophy. Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature demolished the idea that philosophy's task is to represent reality accurately. Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity proposed an anti-foundationalist liberal politics.

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