num_pages: 310
description: This book is a discussion of the nature and import of Richard Rorty's philosophy, particularly as it relates to his reevaluation of American pragmatism. Rorty's thinking is assessed within the context of both modern and postmodern intellectual trends, and his thought is contrasted with that of his principal contemporaries in America and Europe, including Donald Davidson, W. V. O. Quine, Jürgen Habermas, Michel Foucault, Martin Heidegger, and Jacques Derrida.
language: English
title: Richard Rorty: Prophet and Poet of the New Pragmatism (S U N Y Series in Philosophy)
titlecomplete: Richard Rorty: Prophet and Poet of the New Pragmatism (S U N Y Series in Philosophy) (Suny Philosophy)
genres: Philosophy
ratings_count: 4
publisher: State University of New York Press