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Which works of Wittgenstein, Heidegger and Dewey does Rorty call “therapeutic”?
In the introduction to Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature Rorty speaks of later works of Wittgenstein, Heidegger and Dewey as
therapeutic rather than constructive, edifying rather than ...
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Alternative canon for Western modern philosophy
After Richard Rorty died, Raymond Geuss wrote some recollections of their encounters. In his reminiscence, Geuss mentions that Rorty projected teaching an undergraduate course called "An Alternate ...
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Was Rorty a Relativist?
Richard Rorty spent much of his career defending his work against accusations of Relativism, and yet his name is often mentioned in such discussions. Are these accusations of Relativism directed at ...
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Which philosophers have done most to bridge the analytic/continental divide?
I am interested to find out work done in this direction by prominent philosophers in each tradition.
My paradigm cases would be Richard Rorty on the analytic side and Alain Badiou on the continental ...
