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Rorty and his critics /

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Philosophers and their critics ; 9Publication details: Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Publishers, ©2000Description: xx, 410 pages ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 0631209824
  • 0631209816
  • 9780631209812
  • 9780631209829
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 191 21
LOC classification:
  • B945.R524 R673 2000
Contents:
Universality and truth / Richard Rorty -- Richard Rorty's pragmatic turn / Jürgen Habermas ; Response to Habermas / Richard Rorty -- Truth rehabilitated / Donald Davidson ; Response to Davidson / Richard Rorty -- Richard Rorty on reality and justification / Hilary Putnam ; Response to Putnam / Richard Rorty -- The case for Rorts / Daniel C. Dennett ; Response to Dennett / Richard Rorty -- Towards rehabilitating objectivity / John McDowell ; Response to McDowell / Richard Rorty -- Reading Rorty: pragmatism and its consequences / Jacques Bouveresse ; Response to Bouveresse / Richard Rorty --
Summary: "Essays, written by thirteen of the most distinguished living philosophers, together with Rorty's substantial replies to each, and other new material by him, offer by far the most thorough and thoughtful discussion of the work of the thinker who has been called "the most interesting philosopher alive."--Publisher description
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 378-392) and index

Universality and truth / Richard Rorty -- Richard Rorty's pragmatic turn / Jürgen Habermas ; Response to Habermas / Richard Rorty -- Truth rehabilitated / Donald Davidson ; Response to Davidson / Richard Rorty -- Richard Rorty on reality and justification / Hilary Putnam ; Response to Putnam / Richard Rorty -- The case for Rorts / Daniel C. Dennett ; Response to Dennett / Richard Rorty -- Towards rehabilitating objectivity / John McDowell ; Response to McDowell / Richard Rorty -- Reading Rorty: pragmatism and its consequences / Jacques Bouveresse ; Response to Bouveresse / Richard Rorty --

"Essays, written by thirteen of the most distinguished living philosophers, together with Rorty's substantial replies to each, and other new material by him, offer by far the most thorough and thoughtful discussion of the work of the thinker who has been called "the most interesting philosopher alive."--Publisher description

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