The Ethics, Epistemology, and Politics of Richard Rorty - 9780367342173

Taylor & Francis

The Ethics, Epistemology, and Politics of Richard RortyAuthor(s): Giancarlo Marchetti\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367342173, 978-0367342173\nSynopsis\nThis book features fourteen original essays that critically engage the philosophy of Richard Rorty, with an emphasis on his ethics, epistemology, and politics. Inspired by James and Deweys pragmatism, Rorty urged us to rethink the role of science and truth with a liberal-democratic vision of politics. In doing so, he criticized philosophy as a sheer scholastic endeavor and put it back in touch with our most pressing cultural and human needs. The essays in this volume employ the conceptual tools and argumentative techniques of analytic philosophy and pragmatism and demonstrate the relevance of Rortys thought to the most urgent questions of our time. They touch on a number of topics, including but not limited to structural injustice, rule-following, Black femini.