Objectivity, Relativism, and Truth: Philosophical Papers

by Richard Rorty

2021-01-07 15:57:06

In this volume Rorty offers a Deweyan account of objectivity as intersubjectivity, one that drops claims about universal validity and instead focuses on utility for the purposes of a community. The sense in which the natural sciences are exemplary fo... Read more
In this volume Rorty offers a Deweyan account of objectivity as intersubjectivity, one that drops claims about universal validity and instead focuses on utility for the purposes of a community. The sense in which the natural sciences are exemplary for inquiry is explicated in terms of the moral virtues of scientific communities rather than in terms of a special scientific method. The volume concludes with reflections on the relation of social democratic politics to philosophy. Less

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File size8.94 X 5.91 X 0.75 in
Print pages238
PublisherCambridge University Press
Publication date November 30, 1990
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780521358774

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