Richard Rorty

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Richard Rorty was an American philosopher known for his neo-pragmatism, critique of traditional analytic philosophy, and influential works such as "Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature."

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instanceOf American philosopher
human
neo-pragmatist
philosopher
academicDegree PhD in philosophy
awardReceived MacArthur Fellowship
causeOfDeath pancreatic cancer
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1931-10-04
dateOfDeath 2007-06-08
educatedAt University of Chicago
Yale University
employer Princeton University
Stanford University NERFINISHED
University of Virginia
familyName Rorty
fieldOfWork analytic philosophy
continental philosophy
intellectual history
neo-pragmatism
philosophy
philosophy of language
political philosophy
pragmatism
givenName Richard NERFINISHED
influenced contemporary political theory
neo-pragmatism
postmodern philosophy
influencedBy Charles Sanders Peirce NERFINISHED
Donald Davidson NERFINISHED
John Dewey NERFINISHED
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Martin Heidegger
Wilfrid Sellars NERFINISHED
William James NERFINISHED
knownFor critique of traditional analytic philosophy
defense of liberal ironism
historicist approach to philosophy
rejection of representationalism in epistemology
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement neo-pragmatism
post-analytic philosophy
pragmatism
notableWork Achieving Our Country
Consequences of Pragmatism
Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity
Philosophy and Social Hope
Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature
placeOfBirth New York NERFINISHED
New York City
United States of America
placeOfDeath California
Palo Alto NERFINISHED
United States of America
positionHeld professor of comparative literature
professor of philosophy
sexOrGender male

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