{"product_id":"truth-and-progress-philosophical-papers-paperback-9780521556866","title":"Truth and Progress; Philosophical Papers (Paperback) 9780521556866","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTruth and Progress\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePhilosophical Papers\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA collection of Rorty's essays complementing two previously published volumes, touches on the work of many of today's most innovative thinkers.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRichard Rorty (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521556866, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 13 March 1998\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e364 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.6 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.54 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Truth and Progress, the third volume of Richard Rorty's philosophical papers, can be recommended not only to Rorty's admirers and to those who regard him as a leading enemy of reason but to anyone who wants to get a sense of a significant intellectual phenomenon.' Thomas Nagel, The Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis 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, Jürgen 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. Anyone with a serious interest in contemporary philosophy and what it can do for us in the modern world will enjoy this invaluable collection.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Truth and Some Philosophers: 1. Is truth a goal of inquiry?: Donald Davidson vs. Crispin Wright\u003cbr\u003e 2. Hilary Putnam and the relativist menace\u003cbr\u003e 3. John Searle on realism and relativism\u003cbr\u003e 4. Charles Taylor on truth\u003cbr\u003e 5. Daniel Dennett on intrinsicality\u003cbr\u003e 6. Robert Brandom on social practices and representations\u003cbr\u003e 7. The very idea of human answerability to the world: John McDowell's Version of Empiricism\u003cbr\u003e 8. Anti-sceptical weapons: Michael Williams vs. Donald Davidson\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Moral Progress: Towards more Inclusive Communities: 9. Human rights, rationality, and sentimentality\u003cbr\u003e 10. Rationality and cultural difference\u003cbr\u003e 11. Feminism and pragmatism\u003cbr\u003e 12. The end of Leninism, Havel and social hope\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The Role of Philosophy in Human Progress: 13. The historiography of philosophy: four genres\u003cbr\u003e 14. The contingency of philosophical problems: Michael Ayers on Locke\u003cbr\u003e 15. Dewey between Hegel and Darwin\u003cbr\u003e 16. Habermas, Derrida and the functions of philosophy\u003cbr\u003e 17. Derrida and the philosophical tradition.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20%5BHP%5D%22\"\u003eHP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46001383244056,"sku":"9780521556866","price":25.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521556866i_5c17f73c-57a8-4dae-9bd7-154889b5e796.jpg?v=1691369632","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/truth-and-progress-philosophical-papers-paperback-9780521556866","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}