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An ethics for today : finding common ground between philosophy and religion /
Richard Rorty is famous, maybe even infamous, for his philosophical nonchalance. His groundbreaking work not only rejects all theories of truth but also dismisses modern epistemology and its preoccupation with knowledge and representation. At the same time, the celebrated pragmatist believed there c...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
©2011.
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| Edición: | English-Language ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Richard Rorty is famous, maybe even infamous, for his philosophical nonchalance. His groundbreaking work not only rejects all theories of truth but also dismisses modern epistemology and its preoccupation with knowledge and representation. At the same time, the celebrated pragmatist believed there could be no universally valid answers to moral questions, leading to a complex view of religion rarely expressed in his writings. In this posthumous publication, Rorty, a strict secularist, finds in the pragmatic thought of John Dewey, John Stuart Mill, Henry James, and George Santayana. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxii, 76 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 72-76). |
| ISBN: | 9780231525435 0231525435 1282872389 9781282872387 |