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Neil Gascoigne - Richard Rorty - 9780745633404 - V9780745633404
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Richard Rorty

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Description for Richard Rorty Hardback. Neil Gascoigne provides the first comprehensive introduction Richard Rorty's work. Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 520.
Neil Gascoigne provides the first comprehensive introduction Richard Rorty’s work. He demonstrates to the general reader and to the student of philosophy alike how the radical views on truth, objectivity and rationality expressed in Rorty’s widely-read essays on contemporary culture and politics derive from his earliest work in the philosophy of mind and language. He avoids the partisanship that characterizes much discussion of Rorty’s work whilst providing a critical account of some of the dominant concerns of contemporary thought.

Beginning with Rorty’s early work on concept-change in the philosophy of mind, the book traces his increasing hostility to the idea ... Read more

By returning him to his philosophical roots, Gascoigne shows why Rorty’s pragmatism is of continuing relevance to anyone interested in ongoing debates about the nature and limits of philosophy, and the implications these debates have for our understanding of what role the intellectual might play in contemporary life. This book serves as both an excellent introduction to Rorty’s work and an innovative critique which contributes to ongoing debates in the field.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Series
Key Contemporary Thinkers
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745633404
SKU
V9780745633404
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1

About Neil Gascoigne
Neil Gascoigne is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Royal Holloway University of London.

Reviews for Richard Rorty
“Richard Rorty was a much-admired and controversial philosopher, but why is he admired, and why is he controversial? Neil Gascoigne’s readable and interesting book answers both of these questions. Gascoigne writes with clarity and style, and shows a deep knowledge of Rorty’s writings and the motivations behind them. Anyone who wants to understand Rorty’s ideas as a whole, and their ... Read more

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