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Marx vislumbrou a ideia de simbiose entre atividade e produção do homem, mas o século XIX o fez canalizar o seu darwinismo e os seus conhecimentos de antropologia para a noção de trabalho. Não podia ser diferente. Assim, nos Manuscritos... more
The history of the reception of Richard Rorty´s work in Argentina can not be told without referring to Eduardo Rabossi and Alicia Páez, who must be considered as the first Argentine Rortians. Rabossi was one of the most important... more
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This thesis examines the ways in which political journalists in the USA and UK talk about issues of truth and power as it relates to journalism’s role as the Fourth Estate. The theoretical basis comes from a critique of the two major... more
Richard Rorty’s Philosophy as Cultural Therapy Summary Richard Rorty is undoubtedly one of the most famous and most controversial philosophers of the second half of the twentieth century. Rorty's thought is the subject of numerous... more
W niniejszym szkicu poruszone zostały zagadnienia: (1) Rortiańskiego stosunku do problemów epistemologicznych, (2) Rortiańskiej etyki oraz (3) Rortiańskiej antyfilozoficzności, do których w swoim artykule pt. Pragmatyczna dekonstrukcja... more
Although Dewey's influence has remained strong amongst the community of educators, his reputation amongst philosophers has had a remarkably volatile history. He was unquestionably the most influential figure in American philosophy... more
It is often thought that consciousness has a qualitative dimension that cannot be tracked by science. Recently, however, some philosophers have argued that this worry stems not from an elusive feature of the mind, but from the special... more
The better quality pdf is downloadible from here: "http://www.leoalmanac.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/LEAVol19No3-Mailman.pdf Through recent artistic practices and technology of interactive systems for music, composition and... more
Roteiro temático para introdução do leitor no estudo do filósofo Peter Sloterdijk
The book seeks to demonstrate the following main points: * Current debates between realists and antirealists (as well as objectivists and relativists) are significantly similar to early 20th century debates between realists and idealists... more
Joseph Conrad’s narrator Marlow, who features in ‘Youth’ (1898), ‘Heart of Darkness’ (1899), Lord Jim (1900), and Chance (1913), has been read as both a mouthpiece for Conrad and a distancing strategy which shields Conrad from some of the... more
Abstract: The author seeks to show at least two theses. (1) That the statement of the title is compatible with the development of a theoretic and critical reason, centered on various discussions of problems. (2) That the same statement... more
Promotore del “neo-pragmatismo”, Richard MacKay Rorty è uno degli autori più influenti e controversi del pensiero contemporaneo. Il suo contingentismo raffigura e raccoglie in modo esemplare le provocazioni che provengono dal lungo... more
After a discussion of the fundamental tropes of Rorty’s philosophy, in and beyond Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature, and after describing an imaginary conversation between Rorty, Heidegger, Derrida, and Dewey, the paper- a sort of... more
There is a general consensus that pragmatism’s twenty-year renaissance produced two readily identifiable versions. One is typically called “classical” pragmatism (or simply “pragmatism”), the other “neopragmatism” (which I will call... more
The topic of epistemic normativity has come to the fore of recent work in epistemology, and so naturally, theories of knowledge, truth and justification have been increasingly held accountable to preserving normative epistemological... more
The pragmatists were caught between two different philosophical movements and were equally critical of both. On the one hand, they were reacting against nineteenth century idealist philosophy, which often got hung up in metaphysical... more
The field of interactive music systems (IMSs), beginning in the 1980s, is still relatively young and fast moving. The field of music theory-analysis, during the same period (since 1980), has undergone a major transformation in terms of... more
Published by Exquisite Corpse Books (Baton Rouge, 2003), with a foreword by Andrei Codrescu.
Una consecuencia de la crítica formulada por Richard Rorty a la epistemología tradicional es el rechazo al veroteleologismo, esto es, a la tesis según la cual la verdad es el fin o la meta de la investigación. A partir del enfrentamiento... more
Duman, M. Akif (2022): Pragmatizm, Çanakkale: Paradigma Akademi, s.466-469.
This essay argues that acknowledging the existence of mind-independent facts is a matter of vital importance, in that acquiescence before the layout of the world is something demanded of knowing agents from the most elementary empirical... more
Les pragmatistes soupçonnent la distinction entre vérité et justification d'être une de ces distinctions qui ne font pas de différence. L'objet de ce texte est d'établir que ce soupçon n'est pas fondé et combien au contraire est... more
Post-Enlightenment liberalism faces a paradox: The liberal principle of legitimacy demands states justify their constitutional order in terms citizens can accept, but there is no uncontroversial comprehensive conception of justice on... more
It is not unusual to think of Rorty’s work as a success in rhetoric and a failure in political philosophy. In this article we re-evaluate this assessment by analyzing a typical feature of Rorty’s writing: his frequent use of “we... more
Reviewed by Brian Schroeder, Rochester Institute of Technology While the name and thought of Gianni Vattimo is familiar to European philosophers, theologians, cultural and political theorists, and even the general public (he regularly... more
In this paper I outline and criticize Judith Shklar’s and Richard Rorty’s ‘liberalism of fear’. Both political thinkers believe liberalism to be characterized by a fundamental opposition to cruelty, which they regard as the least liberal... more
Richard Rorty has an ambiguous relationship with the aesthetic. On the one hand, it is of crucial importance to his approach to philosophy, which in his eyes doesn’t have to depend on argumentation or reason, but is grounded in... more
Die Ideen des Relativismus werden schon seit den philosophischen Auseinandersetzungen von Protagoras und Platon diskutiert. Nach Jahrhunderten eines geringen Interesses an diesem Thema lebte der Relativismus im zwanzigsten Jahrhundert... more
1. A verdade do jornalismo: as narrativas Os jornalistas acreditam que a verdade é fruto do trabalho de " mostrar os dois lados ". Eles apresentam uma tal pretensão por meio da frase: " nós somos profissionais da informação, para nós o... more
ABSTRACT The question of whether Wittgenstein was a liberal philosopher has received less attention than the question of whether he was a conservative philosopher but, as Robert Greenleaf Brice has recently argued, there are hints of... more
Richard Rortys Kontingenz, Ironie und Solidarität (1989). Die begründungstheoretische Verbindung von Utopie und Ironie 1. Einleitung: Rortys Verbindung von Utopie und Ironie als entscheidender Schritt der Selbstkorrektur des klassischen... more
In this paper, after showing how the postmodern critiques of Enlightenment rationality apply to critical thinking, I argue that a critical discussion on any subject must assume specific principles of rationality. I then show how these... more
I At a number of places in his work, Richard Rorty characterizes himself as a 'therapeutic' philosopher.
La difficoltà di comprendere la Decostruzione, da Derrida stesso volutamente opacizzata nel significato e nel metodo, riporta il lavoro di Derrida al punto di partenza della domanda. Con un lavoro di scavo nel rapporto tra la filosofia di... more
Caetano Veloso e Richard Rorty: Duas Utopias no Novo Mundo Resumo: O Novo Mundo precisa se inventar como Utopia, é um novo lugar que deve criar seu sentido. Caetano Veloso e Richard Rorty são dois autores que caminham nessa direção... more
Esta obra pone en diálogo a Jürgen Habermas y Richard Rorty respecto del giro pragmatista de la filosofía llevado a cabo por Rorty. Partiendo de la réplica de Habermas a la controvertidas afirmaciones del pensador neopragmatista, se... more
Rorty utiliza el lenguaje como una herramienta de su pragmatismo. Dentro de esta concepción pragmática propone, que el yo de la persona, carece de esencia, sino que es una expresión lingüística, una red tejida a través de varias historias... more
In this article I examine the main conceptions of public reason in contemporary political philosophy (Rawls, Habermas, critical theory) in order to set the frame for appreciating the novelty of the pragmatist understanding of public... more