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What is truth? What value should we see in or attribute to it? The war over the meaning and utility of truth is at the center of contemporary philosophical debate, and its arguments have rocked the foundations of philosophical practice. In this book, the American pragmatist Richard Rorty and the French analytic philosopher Pascal Engel present their radically different perspectives on truth and its correspondence to reality. What's the Use of Truth? is a rare opportunity to experience each side of this impassioned debate clearly and concisely. It is a subject that has profound implications not only for philosophical inquiry but also for the future study of all aspects of our culture.
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Richard Rorty, geb. am 4. Oktober in New York City 1931, wächst dort in einem undogmatisch-linken Milieu auf; §1946 Studium an der Universität von Chicago. Zu seinen Lehrern gehören u.a. Rudolph Carnap, Charles Hartshorne und Richard McKeon. 1949 erwirbt er den BA und drei Jahre später den M.A. mit einer Arbeit über 'Whitehead's Use of the Concept of Potentiality'. 1952-56 arbeitet er in Yale. Thema der Dissertation bei Paul Weiss: 'The Concept of Potentiality', 1957-58 Dienst in der U.S.Army. 1958-61 Assistant Professor am Wellesley College. 1961-82 Universität Princeton, ab 1981 als 'Stuart Professor of Philosophy'. 1967 gibt er 'The Linguistic Turn'. 1973-74 Guggenheim Stipendium. 1981-86 MacArthur Stipendium. 1982 als akademische Konsequenz seiner Kritik an der sprachanalytischen Philosophie verläßt er Princeton und wird 1982-98 'Kenan Professor of the Humanities' an der Universität von Virginia. 1986 Northcliffe Lectures am University College, London. 1987 Clark Lectures am Trinity College, Cambridge. 1997 Massey Lectures in Harvard, Ehrendoktor der Universität von Paris. Seit 1998 lehrt Rorty Vergleichende Literatur an der Stanford University. Vorlesungen am Trinity College, Dublin. Im Sommer 2007 stirbt Richard Rorty in Palo Alto.
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American pragmatist Rorty and the French analytic philosopher Engel present their radically different perspectives on truth and its correspondence to reality. "What's the Use of Truth?" is a rare opportunity to experience each side of this impassioned debate clearly and concisely.
