Ethics Epistemology and Politics of Richard Rorty

<p>This book features fourteen original essays that critically engage the philosophy of Richard Rorty, with an emphasis on his ethics, epistemology, and politics. Inspired by James’ and Dewey’s pragmatism, Rorty urged us to rethink the role of science and truth with a liberal-democratic vision of politics. In doing so, he criticized philosophy as a sheer scholastic endeavor and put it back in touch with our most pressing cultural and human needs. The essays in this volume employ the conceptual tools and argumentative techniques of analytic philosophy and pragmatism and demonstrate the relevance of Rorty’s thought to the most urgent questions of our time. They touch on a number of topics, including but not limited to structural injustice, rule-following, Black feminist philosophy, legal pragmatism, moral progress, relativism, and skepticism. This book will be of interest to a wide range of scholars across disciplines who are engaging with the work of Richard Rorty.</p> <p>The Philosophy of Richard Rorty</p><p><em>Giancarlo Marchetti</em></p><p><strong>Part I: Ethics</strong></p><p>1 Rorty as Liberal Ironist Peace Warrior</p><p><em>Sharyn Clough </em></p><p>2 The Rorty-Dworkin Debate</p><p><em>Raff Donelson</em></p><p>3 Bildung, Unimportance, and Moral Progress</p><p><em>Sarin Marchetti</em></p><p>4 Philosophy, Literature, Politics: The Cases of Rorty and Collingwood</p><p><em>Sabina Lovibond </em> </p><p><strong>Part II: Epistemology</strong> </p><p>5 What Should Rorty Say About Relativism?</p><p><em>Carol Rovane</em></p><p>6 Rorty’s reconstruction of epistemology</p><p><em>Rosa M. Calcaterra</em></p><p>7 Rorty and Experience</p><p><em>Chris Voparil </em></p><p>8 Richard Rorty, Rocks, and Realism</p><p><em>Mariane Janack </em></p><p>9 Disepistemology</p><p><em>Barry Allen </em></p><p><strong>Part III: Politics</strong></p><p>10 Rorty, Habermas, and radical social criticism </p><p><em>Michael Bacon and Nat Rutherford</em></p><p>11 Thinking with Rorty about How to Make Philosophy More Livable</p><p><em>Susan Dieleman </em></p><p>12 Poetic Justice?: Rorty’s Jurisprudence</p><p><em>William M. Curtis </em></p><p>13 Pragmatism and the Mirror of Law</p><p><em>Douglas Lind </em></p><p>14 Achieving <i>Whose </i>Country? Rorty and Baldwin on the United States</p><p><em>Shannon Sullivan </em></p>