Objectivity, Relativism, and Truth: Philosophical Papers

In this volume Rorty offers a Deweyan account of objectivity as intersubjectivity, one that drops claims about universal validity and instead focuses on utility for the purposes of a community. The sense in which the natural sciences are exemplary for inquiry is explicated in terms of the moral virtues of scientific communities rather than in terms of a special scientific method. The volume concludes with reflections on the relation of social democratic politics to philosophy.

Author: Richard Rorty
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 11/30/1990
Series: Philosophical Papers (Cambridge)
Pages: 238
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 8.94h x 5.89w x 0.74d
ISBN: 9780521358774