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Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Rorty and the Mirror of Nature (Routledge Philosophy GuideBooks) by James Tartaglia
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First published August 2, 2007
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September 28, 2013
A very thorough and quasi-in-depth guide to Richard Rorty's most famous book. The text moves fast and presupposes at least some background in the philosophy of language, but nothing that a few articles from IEP or SEP can't clear up. The author provides a handful of powerful arguments against some of Rorty's moves, and points out some key tensions such as his discussion of Bellarmine and Galileo and the tension between Rorty's Kuhnian outlook of the dispute and his commitment to Davidson's rejection of conceptual schemes.
Overall, this is a great introduction to the key work needed for understanding Rorty, his historicism, and his overall attack on philosophy.
Overall, this is a great introduction to the key work needed for understanding Rorty, his historicism, and his overall attack on philosophy.
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