(noun) the use of more words than those necessary…
Philosophy and Social Hope
by
Richard M. Rorty
April 23, 2017 - Sept. 23, 2017
(read/capitalism-etc/memoirs/owned-ebooks/new-favorites/essay-collections)
M. Rorty, R. (2000). Philosophy and Social Hope. Penguin.
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pleonasm »
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ingenerate »
not generated; self-existent; innate
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stultifying »
ridiculous, foolish
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pleonasm »
(noun) the use of more words than those necessary…
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teleological »
the philosophical attempt to describe things in t…
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Perhaps the most vivid description of the America…
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A Deweyan response to such a postcolonial sceptic…
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The link between Darwinism and pragmatism is clea…
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We should help our students understand that socia…
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[...] Cornel West can still identifY with a count…
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Preface
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Introduction
Relativism: Finding and Making
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Trotsky and the Wild Orchids
so good
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Truth without Correspondence to Reality
on the idea of truth as opposed to mere justification
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Truth without Correspondence to Reality
on the idea of truth as opposed to mere justification
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A World without Substances or Essences
explaining his antiessentialist views
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Ethics Without Principles
this is no higher power to judge us; ethics is a matter of us being comfortable with ourselves
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Ethics Without Principles
this is no higher power to judge us; ethics is a matter of us being comfortable with ourselves
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The Banality of Pragmatism and the Poetry of Justice
about the ethical responsibilities of those in legal professions
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The Banality of Pragmatism and the Poetry of Justice
about the ethical responsibilities of those in legal professions
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Education as Socialization and as Individualization
on the distinction between HS and university: HS should be a place to learn the basics, whereas university should be a place to critique everything (and the schism of left/right views on this topic)
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Education as Socialization and as Individualization
on the distinction between HS and university: HS should be a place to learn the basics, whereas university should be a place to critique everything (and the schism of left/right views on this topic)
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The Humanistic Intellectual: Eleven Theses
11 theses on what the humanities are
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The Pragmatist's Progress: Umberto Eco on Interpretation
review of Umberto Eco's novel Foucault's Pendulum, which Rorty reads as an "antiessentialist polemic". lots of good ruminations on literary theory
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The Pragmatist's Progress: Umberto Eco on Interpretation
review of Umberto Eco's novel Foucault's Pendulum, which Rorty reads as an "antiessentialist polemic". lots of good ruminations on literary theory
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Religious Faith, Intellectual Responsibility and Romance
basically how you can reconcile ethical beliefs with religious beliefs. he writes about religion in such a beautiful way
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Religious Faith, Intellectual Responsibility and Romance
basically how you can reconcile ethical beliefs with religious beliefs. he writes about religion in such a beautiful way
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Religion As Conversation-stopper
(in politics) because you're bringing private beliefs into public policy. he criticises Stephen L. Carter's assertion that we should allow religion in the public sphere, on the basis that religion is always a private belief
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Religion As Conversation-stopper
(in politics) because you're bringing private beliefs into public policy. he criticises Stephen L. Carter's assertion that we should allow religion in the public sphere, on the basis that religion is always a private belief
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Thomas Kuhn, Rocks and the Laws of Physics
eulogy for scientific philosopher Thomas S. Kuhn, who thought of science in a fairly pragmatic way: as a means of improving on the human condition, not necessarily anything to do with a greater "truth"
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Thomas Kuhn, Rocks and the Laws of Physics
eulogy for scientific philosopher Thomas S. Kuhn, who thought of science in a fairly pragmatic way: as a means of improving on the human condition, not necessarily anything to do with a greater "truth"
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On Heidegger's Nazism
he imagines an alternative life story for Heidegger (he marries a Jewish woman, moves to the US, renounces his anti-Semitism, etc) as a means of concluding that is just another confused human being (kill your heroes etc)
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On Heidegger's Nazism
he imagines an alternative life story for Heidegger (he marries a Jewish woman, moves to the US, renounces his anti-Semitism, etc) as a means of concluding that is just another confused human being (kill your heroes etc)
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Failed Prophecies, Glorious Hopes
on the value of reading the New Testament and the Communist Manifesto (even though both were essentially failed prophecies, they still offer us guidance and hope)
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Failed Prophecies, Glorious Hopes
on the value of reading the New Testament and the Communist Manifesto (even though both were essentially failed prophecies, they still offer us guidance and hope)
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A Spectre is Haunting the Intellectuals: Derrida on Marx
on Derrida trying to read a lot in Marx, and the dichotomy between changing the world and changing ourselves
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A Spectre is Haunting the Intellectuals: Derrida on Marx
on Derrida trying to read a lot in Marx, and the dichotomy between changing the world and changing ourselves
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Love And Money
on E.M. Forster's novel Howards End (as well as Aspects of the Novel) and how you need money before you can connect with other people? didn't get that much out of this one
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Love And Money
on E.M. Forster's novel Howards End (as well as Aspects of the Novel) and how you need money before you can connect with other people? didn't get that much out of this one
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Globalization, the Politics of ldentity and Social Hope
talks about various theories of justice (esp John Stuart Mill & Iris Marion Young - potentially useful for MC433)
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Globalization, the Politics of ldentity and Social Hope
talks about various theories of justice (esp John Stuart Mill & Iris Marion Young - potentially useful for MC433)
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The Unpatriotic Academy
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Back to Class Politics
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