Professor Richard Rorty

Professor Richard Rorty book reviews

• Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature

  Rereading Mirror Of Nature

  by Gissinglover, Feb 20, 2020

  Many years ago when I was a beginning undergraduate in philosophy, Richard Rorty (1931 -- 2007) published a well-received anthology "The Linguistic Turn" which included many of the essays on the then ... Read More

• Achieving Our Country: Leftist Thought in Twentieth-Century America

  Rorty, The Promise Of American Life, Patriotism

  by Gissinglover, May 23, 2019

  I read Richard Rorty's 1998 book, "Achieving Our Country" as a result of two dovetailing considerations. First, I had the good fortune to participate in a philosophy conference on the subject ... Read More

• Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity

  A Visit With Richard Rorty

  by Gissinglover, Apr 23, 2019

  I attended a philosophy conference last month on the theme of "Metaphysics and Political Thought" and heard many thoughtful papers including a paper about the American philosopher Richard Rorty (1931 ... Read More