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Zusatztext Ronald Kuipers’ study into the life and work of Richard Rorty is fresh, informed and insightful. Rarely are philosophical commentaries such a delight to read, but Kuipers’ nails it. On the fifth anniversary of Professor Rorty’s passing, Kuipers’ book is also well timed. It’s a reminder of how Rorty’s thought remains relevant and of how sorely his presence is missed in these turbulent times. Informationen zum Autor Ronald A. Kuipers is Associate Professor of the Philosophy of Religion at The Institute for Christian Studies in Toronto, Canada. He is Director of the ICS Centre for Philosophy, Religion, and Social Ethics Klappentext Richard Rorty is one of the 20th Century's most important! influential and notoriously controversial American philosophers. He made considerable contributions to the philosophy of mind! philosophy of language! epistemology! metaphysics and pragmatism. He studied in the analytic tradition! and knew it as well! if not better! than many of his contemporaries. Yet he famously went on to reject contemporary American philosophy and focus on continental philosophy! seeking in his published work to close the gap between analytic and continental philosophy by claiming that the two traditions in fact have much to learn from eachother. This book offers an overview of and introduction to Rorty's ideas! his key writings and his contributions to the various fields of philosophy. Chronologically organized! the book traces the development of Rorty's thought and examines all the key topics! and controversies! central to his work. This is the ideal companion to study of this hugely influential thinker.> Vorwort An introduction to and overview of Rorty's ideas, his writings and his contributions to the various fields of philosophy Zusammenfassung Richard Rorty is one of the most oft-cited yet least understood philosophers of the twentieth century. This book offers an overview and introduction to Rorty's ideas, key writings and contributions to the various fields of philosophy. Chronologically organized, the book traces the development of Rorty's thought and examines all the key topics, and controversies, central to his work. Ronald A. Kuipers introduces Rorty's complex thought through the exploration of three Rortyan personas: The Philosophical Therapist, The Liberal Ironist, and the Anticlerical Prophet. This exploration of Rorty's multivalent yet deeply coherent intellectual identity is set against the background of Rorty's personal motivations for studying philosophy, and for pursuing the controversial questions he did. The book portrays how, in conversation with the traditions of American Pragmatism, Analytic Philosophy, and Continental Thought, Rorty weaves his own unique and original philosophy. Rorty's originality resides in his fresh approach to interrelated social and political problems, revealing a thinker who has important reasons for wading into controversial intellectual waters. This is the ideal companion to study of this hugely influential thinker. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments \ Introduction \ 1. Philosophy as Existential Quest: Rorty’s Life in Thought \ 2. The Philosophical Therapist: Rorty’s Critique of ‘Philosophy-as-Epistemology’ \ 3. The Liberal Ironist: Rorty’s Cultural Politics \ 4. The Anticlerical Prophet: Rorty and Religion \ 5. What is Truth For ? The Conversation Continues \ Conclusion: Pragmatism as the Apotheosis of the Future: Rorty, Hope, and the American Sublime \ Notes \ Bibliography \ Index...
