Richard Rorty

Informationen zum Autor Michael Bacon is the Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in Politics, Department of Politics and International Relations at Royal Holloway, University of London. Klappentext Michael Bacon gives a critical presentation of Rorty's writings on pragmatism and political theory, comparing and contrasting him with pragmatists such as Hilary Putnam and Susan Haack and liberals such as John Rawls and Brian Barry. The result is an imaginative presentation of one of contemporary philosophy's most innovative and important thinkers. Zusammenfassung Michael Bacon gives a critical presentation of Rorty's writings on pragmatism and political theory! comparing and contrasting him with pragmatists such as Hilary Putnam and Susan Haack and liberals such as John Rawls and Brian Barry. The result is an imaginative presentation of one of contemporary philosophy's most innovative and important thinkers. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Chapter 1. Pragmatism as Anti-representationalism Chapter 3 Chapter 2. Pragmatism and Imagination Chapter 4 Chapter 3. The Public Side of Pragmatism Chapter 5 Chapter 4. The Liberal Ironist Chapter 6 Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Bacon, Michael Bacon, Bacon Michael
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.01.2008
• EAN: 9780739114995
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-1499-5
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Pragmatism, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Pragmatism, Political science and theory, Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -