Rorty and His Critics

✍ Scribed by Robert Brandom

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 430
• Series: Philosophers and their Critics
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Thirteen of the most distinguished living philosophers - including Donald Davidson, Jürgen Habermas, Hilary Putnam, John McDowell, Jacques Bouveresse, and Daniel Dennett - assess Richard Rorty's arguments for revising our philosophical conceptions of truth, reality, objectivity, and justification. These essays, together with Rorty's substantial replies to each, and other new material by him, offer by far the most thorough and thoughtful discussion of the work of the thinker who has been called 'the most interesting philosopher alive.'

✦ Table of Contents

CONTENTS 1of2......Page 0
CONTENTS 2of2......Page 6
Notes on Contributors vii......Page 7
Introduction ix......Page 9
1. Universality and Truth - Richard Rorty 1......Page 21
Notes 1-5......Page 45
Notes 6-13......Page 46
Notes 14-25......Page 47
Notes 26-44......Page 48
Notes 45-63......Page 49
Notes 64-67......Page 50
2. Richard Rorty's Pragmatic Turn 31 JURGEN HABERMAS......Page 51
Notes 1-12......Page 72
Notes 13-35......Page 73
Notes 36-52......Page 74
Notes 53-63......Page 75
Response to Habermas 56 RICHARD RORTY......Page 76
Notes 1-3......Page 83
Notes 4-8......Page 84
3. Truth Rehabilitated 65 DONALD DAVIDSON......Page 85
Notes 1-2......Page 93
Response to Davidson 74 RICHARD RORTY......Page 94
Note 1......Page 99
Notes 2-7......Page 100
4. Richard Rorty on Reality and Justification 81 HILARY PUTNAM......Page 101
Notes 1-9......Page 106
Response to Putnam 87 RICHARD RORTY......Page 107
Notes 1-3......Page 110
5. The Case for Rorts 91 DANIEL C. DENNETT......Page 111
Response to Dennett 101 RICHARD RORTY......Page 121
Note 1......Page 127
Notes 2-6......Page 128
6. Towards Rehabilitating Objectivity 109 JOHN MCDOWELL......Page 129
Notes 1-10......Page 141
Notes 11-27......Page 142
Response to McDowell 123 RICHARD RORTY......Page 143
Notes 1-2......Page 147
Note 3......Page 148
7. Reading Rorty: Pragmatism and its Consequences JACQUES BOUVERESSE 129......Page 149
Response to Bouveresse RICHARD RORTY 146......Page 166
Note 1......Page 173
Notes 2-8......Page 174
8. Vocabularies of Pragmatism: Synthesizing Naturalism and Historicism ROBERT B. BRANDOM 156......Page 176
Notes 1-4......Page 201
Notes 5-13......Page 202
Response to Brandom RICHARD RORTY 183......Page 203
Notes 1-2......Page 209
Notes 3-4......Page 210
9. Epistemology and the Mirror of Nature MICHAEL WILLIAMS 191......Page 211
Notes 1-5......Page 231
Notes 6-13......Page 232
Response to Williams RICHARD RORTY 213......Page 233
Notes 1-5......Page 238
Note 6......Page 239
10. What was Epistemology? BARRY ALLEN 220......Page 240
Notes 1-3......Page 254
Notes 4-17......Page 255
Response to Allen RICHARD RORTY 236......Page 256
Note 1......Page 260
11. Is Truth a Goal of Inquiry?: Rorty and Davidson on Truth AKEEL BILGRAMI 242......Page 262
Notes 1-10......Page 281
Response to Bilgrami RICHARD RORTY 262......Page 282
Note 1......Page 287
12. Freedom, Cruelty, and Truth: Rorty versus Orwell JAMES CONANT 268......Page 288
Notes 1-3......Page 335
Note 4......Page 336
Notes 5-14......Page 337
Note 15......Page 338
Notes 16-24......Page 339
Notes 25-31......Page 340
Notes 32-35......Page 341
Notes 36-50......Page 342
Notes 51-56......Page 343
Notes 57-71......Page 344
Notes 72-76......Page 345
Notes 77-92......Page 346
Notes 93-106......Page 347
Notes 107-113......Page 348
Notes 114-120......Page 349
Notes 121-133......Page 350
Notes 134-138......Page 351
Notes 139-147......Page 352
Notes 148-152......Page 353
Notes 153-159......Page 354
Note 160......Page 355
Notes 161-164......Page 356
Notes 165-172......Page 357
Notes 173-181......Page 358
Notes 182-195......Page 359
Notes 196-199......Page 360
Notes 200-210......Page 361
Response to Conant RICHARD RORTY 342......Page 362
Notes 1-4......Page 369
Notes 5-7......Page 370
13. Post-ontological Philosophy of Mind: Rorty versus Davidson BJORN RAMBERG 351......Page 371
Notes 1-6......Page 389
Response to Ramberg RICHARD RORTY 370......Page 390
Notes 1-3......Page 396
Notes 4-5......Page 397
Richard Rorty: Selected Publications 378......Page 398
Index 393......Page 413