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Richard McKay Rorty (October 4, 1931 – June 8, 2007) was an American philosopher and historian of ideas.Educated at the University of Chicago and Yale University, Rorty's academic career included appointments as the Stuart Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University, the Kenan Professor of Humanities at the University of Virginia, and as a professor of comparative literature at Stanford ...
Achieving Our Country: Leftist Thought in Twentieth-Century America is a 1998 book by American philosopher Richard Rorty, in which the author differentiates between what he sees as the two sides of the left, a cultural left and a reformist left.
Richard Rorty: Philosophy Kenan Professor of Humanities influential writer [103] Larry Sabato: Political Science Professor of politics; founder and director of the Center for Politics: Named the "Most Quoted College Professor in the Land" by the Wall Street Journal [104] James D. Savage: Political Science
Rorty seeks knowledge that corresponds with human need rather than reality itself. Ultimately, Rorty believes people describe their reality via a vocabulary. This vocabulary explains one’s actions, beliefs, and life. He calls this vocabulary a “final vocabulary.” Rorty then defines an “ironist” as someone who fulfills three conditions.
Philosophy and Social Hope is a 1999 book written by philosopher Richard Rorty and published by Penguin.The book is a collection of cultural and political essays intended to reach a wider audience and, like his previous books, it presents Rorty's own version of pragmatism.
Rorty is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Amélie Rorty (1932–2020), Belgian-born American philosopher; James Rorty (1890–1973), American radical writer and poet, father of Richard Rorty; Malcolm C. Rorty (1875–1937), American economist; Richard Rorty (1931–2007), American philosopher
Philosophy as Cultural Politics: Philosophical Papers: v.4 is a 2007 book by the philosopher Richard Rorty. A compilation of selected philosophical papers written by Rorty between 1997 and 2007, it complements three previous selections of his papers.
Rorty has argued that the complex course of recorded history has shown that "to do the right thing is largely a matter of luck", with standards of morality being far from broadly universal and instead coming fundamentally from "being born in a certain place and a certain time."