Truth and Progress

Truth and Progress
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 368
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ISBN-10 : 0521556864
ISBN-13 : 9780521556866
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Book Synopsis Truth and Progress by : Richard Rorty

Download or read book Truth and Progress written by Richard Rorty and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volume complements two highly successful previously published volumes of Richard Rorty's philosophical papers: Objectivity, Relativism, and Truth, and Essays on Heidegger and Others. The essays in the volume engage with the work of many of today's most innovative thinkers including Robert Brandom, Donald Davidson, Daniel Dennett, Jacques Derrida, Juergen Habermas, John McDowell, Hilary Putnam, John Searle, and Charles Taylor. The collection also touches on problems in contemporary feminism raised by Annette Baier, Marilyn Frye, and Catherine MacKinnon, and considers issues connected with human rights and cultural differences.


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