Reconstructing Pragmatism: Richard Rorty and the Classical Pragmatists - Hardcover

Voparil, Chris

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0197605729 ISBN 13: 9780197605721

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2022

Synopsis

Known as “the bad boy of American philosophy,” Richard Rorty bears a complex relation to the tradition of American pragmatism. Chris Voparil aims to provide a counterweight to the reams of criticism of Rorty's alleged distortions and misunderstandings of the so-called “classical pragmatists” (Peirce, James, Dewey, Royce, Addams). He offers an updated interpretation of Rorty's rejuvenated pragmatism, newly relevant for today, that responds to and moves beyond the philosopher's critical challenges.

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About the Author

Chris Voparil is on the Graduate Faculty of Union Institute & University, where he teaches philosophy and political theory. He is author of Richard Rorty: Politics and Vision (Rowman & Littlefield, 2006) and co-editor of Pragmatism and Justice (Oxford University Press, 2017) and several collections of Rorty's work, including What Can We Hope For? Essays on Politics (Princeton University Press, 2022), On Philosophers and Philosophy: Unpublished Papers, 1960-2000 (Cambridge University Press, 2020), and The Rorty Reader (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010), in addition to articles on pragmatism.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0197605729
• ISBN 13: 9780197605721
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 392