Richard Rorty His Philosophy Under Discussion

Without doubt, Richard Rorty is one of the most honored, famous and disputed philosophers of our days. All over the world interest in his inspiring and provoking thoughts goes beyond the circles of academic philosophy. The present volume includes "The Brain as Hardware, Culture as Software" and "Philosophy-Envy" of Richard Rorty, essays presented by students of the philosophy department at university of Mnster, and Rorty's responses to and comments on them. Rorty's lecture was publicly presented at the 8. Mnstersche Vorlesungen zur Philosophie in May 2004, followed by students' presentations of their intensively prepared papers. This volume provides an overview of the main topics of his philosophy as well as a detailed analysis of central concepts. "The papers are of very high quality indeed, and the level of discussion during the day I spent with the students was equally high. I have never, in any university, encountered students who combined such detailed knowledge of my writings with such penetrating criticisms of my views."--Richard Rorty Richard Rorty was born in New York in 1931. He completed his B. A. and M. A. in philosophy in Chicago and finished his Ph. D. at Yale. At Wellesley College he was Instructor and Assistant Professor (1958-61). He has been professor of Humanities at the University of Virginia and professor at Princeton. He currently teaches in the comparative literature department at Stanford. His books include Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature, Consequences of Pragmatism, Contingency Irony and Solidarity, Philosophical Papers, Volumes and 1, 2, 3, Truth and Progress, Achieving Our Country, and Philosophy and Social Hope.