Philosophy and the mirror of nature

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Title:

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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Summary

When it first appeared in 1979, Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature hit the philosophical world like a bombshell. In it, Richard Rorty argued that, beginning in the seventeenth century, philosophers developed an unhealthy obsession with the notion of representation: comparing the mind to a mirror that reflects reality. Rorty's book is a powerful critique of this imagery and the tradition of thought that it spawned.

Today, the book remains a must-read and stands as a classic of twentieth-century philosophy. Its influence on the academy, both within philosophy and across a wide array of disciplines, continues unabated. This edition includes new essays by philosopher Michael Williams and literary scholar David Bromwich, as well as Rorty's previously unpublished essay "The Philosopher as Expert."