Philosophy as Poetry
Philosophy as Poetry Undeniably iconoclastic, and doggedly practical where others were abstract, the late Richard Rorty was described by some as a philosopher with no philosophy. But his work…
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Philosophy as Poetry
Undeniably iconoclastic, and doggedly practical where others were abstract, the late Richard Rorty was described by some as a philosopher with no philosophy. But his work displays a profound awareness of philosophical tradition and an urgent concern for how we create a society. Rorty was skeptical of systems claiming to have answers, seeing scientific and aesthetic schools as vocabularies rather than as indispensable paths to truth.
Rorty begins by addressing poetry and philosophy, which are often seen as contradictory pursuits. As Michael Berube writes in his introduction to this new volume, Rorty looked upon philosophy as "a creative enterprise of dreaming up new and more humane ways to live."Drawn from Rorty's acclaimed 2004 Page-Barbour lectures, Philosophy as Poetry distills many of the central ideas in his work. He offers a view of philosophy as a poem, beginning
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