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This book is a compilation of selected philosophical papers written by Richard Rorty has written over the decade, 1997-2007; it complements three previous selections of his papers. In general the book explores the relation between Philosophy and Culture . The subjects covered are Objectivity , Relativism , and Truth . There are also essays on Heidegger and Others, as well on the relation between Truth and Progress. Topics covered include: # the changing role of philosophy in Western culture over the course of recent centuries," # the role of the imagination in intellectual and moral progress," # the notion of 'moral identity'", # Wittgenstein's claim that the problems of philosophy are linguistic in nature," # the irrelevance of cognitive science to philosophy # the mistaken idea that philosophers should find the 'place' of such things as consciousness and moral value in a world of physical particles. REFERENCE
(Cambridge University Press: 2007 ISBN-10: 0521698359 ISBN-13: 978-0521698351 |
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