Philosophy and the mirror of nature
by
 
Rorty, Richard.

Title
Philosophy and the mirror of nature

Author
Rorty, Richard.

ISBN
9780691141329

Personal Author
Rorty, Richard.

Edition
30th anniversary ed. / with a new introduction by Michael Williams /and a new afterword by David Bromwich.

Publication Information
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2009.

Physical Description
xxxiii, 439 p. ; 22 cm.

General Note
Previous ed.: 1979.

Contents
The invention of the mind -- Persons without minds -- The idea of a "theory of knowledge" -- Privileged representations -- Epistemology and empirical psychology -- Epistemology and philosophy of language -- From epistemology to hermeneutics -- Philosophy without mirrors -- The philosopher as expert.

Abstract
30 years ago Richard Rorty argued that philosophers had developed an unhealthy obsession with the notion of representation: comparing the mind to a mirror that reflects reality. The book now stands as a classic of 20th-century philosophy.

Subject Term
Philosophy.
 
Philosophy, Modern.
 
Mind and body.
 
Representation (Philosophy)
 
Analysis (Philosophy)
 
Civilization -- Philosophy.


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