Richard Rorty

<!-- by Steve Pyke --> Richard McKay Rorty (October 4, 1931 – June 8, 2007) was an American philosopher. 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 University. Among his most influential books are ''Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature'' (1979), ''Consequences of Pragmatism'' (1982), and ''Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity'' (1989).

Rorty rejected the long-held idea that correct internal representations of objects in the outside world are a necessary prerequisite for knowledge. Rorty argued instead that knowledge is an ''internal'' and ''linguistic'' affair; knowledge relates only to our own language. Rorty argues that language is made up of vocabularies that are temporary and historical, and concludes that "since vocabularies are made by human beings, so are truths." The acceptance of the preceding arguments leads to what Rorty calls "ironism"; a state of mind where people are completely aware that their knowledge is dependent on their time and place in history, and are therefore somewhat detached from their own beliefs. However, Rorty also argues that "a belief can still regulate action, can still be thought worth dying for, among people who are quite aware that this belief is caused by nothing deeper than contingent historical circumstance." Provided by Wikipedia
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    Contingencia, ironía y solidaridad / by Rorty, Richard, 1931-2007

    Published 1991
    Book
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    El giro lingüístico : dificultades metafilosóficas de la filosofía lingüística / by Rorty, Richard 1931-2007

    Published 1998
    Book
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    Essays on Heidegger and others philosophical papers / by Rorty, Richard, 1931-2007

    Published 1991
    Book
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    La filosofía y el espejo de la naturaleza / by Rorty, Richard, 1931-2007

    Published 1989
    Book
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    El giro lingüístico : dificultades metafilosóficas de la filosofía lingüística / by Rorty, Richard, 1931-2007

    Published 1990
    Book
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    Objectivity, Relativism, and Truth / by Rorty, Richard, 1931-2007

    Published 1991
    Book
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    Verdad y progreso : escritos filosóficos, 3 / by Rorty, Richard, 1931-2007

    Published 2000
    Book
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    Contingencia, ironía y solidaridad / by Rorty, Richard, 1931-2007

    Published 1991
    Book
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    El pragmatismo, una versión : antiautoritarismo en epistemología y ética / by Rorty, Richard, 1931-2007

    Published 2000
    Book
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    Objetividad, relativismo y verdad : escritos filosóficos 1 / by Rorty, Richard, 1931-2007

    Published 1996
    Book
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    Pragmatismo y política / by Rorty, Richard, 1931-2007

    Published 1998
    Book
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    Filosofía y futuro / by Rorty, Richard, 1931-2007

    Published 2002
    Book
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    Consecuencias del pragmatismo / by Rorty, Richard, 1931-2007

    Published 1996
    Book
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    ¿Esperanza o conocimiento? : una introducción al pragmatismo / by Rorty, Richard, 1931-2007

    Published 2001
    Book
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    Forjar nuestro país : el pensamiento de izquierdas en los Estados Unidos del siglo XX / by Rorty, Richard, 1931-2007

    Published 1999
    Book
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    ¿Esperanza o conocimiento? : una introducción al pragmatismo / by Rorty, Richard, 1931-2007

    Published 1997
    Book
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    El pragmatismo, una versión : antiautoritarismo en epistemología y ética / by Rorty, Richard, 1931-2007

    Published 2000
    Book
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    Contingencia, ironía y solidaridad / by Rorty, Richard, 1931-2007

    Published 1991
    Book
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    Escritos filosóficos. by Rorty, Richard, 1931-2007

    Published 1993
    Book
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    Escritos filosóficos. by Rorty, Richard, 1931-2007

    Published 2010
    Book