Richard Rorty, the pragmatist philosopher who died last week at the age of 75, was by all accounts a soft-spoken and self-effacing man, but he generated more than his share of scholarly brawls. “It is ...

In your appreciation of Richard Rorty, you applaud what you see as an "Oakeshottian" strain to his political philosophy. But you present this as if it were a last-minute (or at least a last-decade) ...

When Richard Rorty turned 75 last October, no symposia, conferences, or Festschriften marked the occasion. Such academic nods require true-believing disciples. Philosophy as a discipline spawns them ...

Richard Rorty, the eminent public intellectual and Stanford University professor who resuscitated American pragmatism with groundbreaking work that urged philosophers to give up the illusory pursuit ...

The noted philosopher Richard Rorty died on Friday in Palo Alto, Calif., after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 75. During his career, Mr. Rorty held positions at Princeton University, the ...

SARTWELL ON RORTY....Crispin Sartwell, in an op-ed piece about Richard Rorty, starts out with this: It's hard for non-philosophers to understand how seriously philosophers take their own questions, ...

Via Mixing Memory, Slate has a collection of short reminisces about Richard Rorty by everyone from Brian Eno to Jurgen Habermas. (Although, admittedly, I sometimes have trouble telling the two apart.) ...

In 2004, the American pragmatist philosopher Richard Rorty delivered his Page-Barbour lectures under the title Philosophy as Poetry. This title beautifully reflects an important aspect of Rorty’s ...

Philosopher Richard Rorty sits before his address in Tehran, in June 2004. (Hasan Sarbakhshian / AP Photo) By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to receive occasional ...

A philosopher who exerted influence on literature, law, religion, and politics Richard Rorty, the pragmatist philosopher who died this month at the age of 75, was by all accounts a soft-spoken and ...

What the American philosopher’s visit to Tehran in 2004 can teach us about Iranian society—and our own. Philosopher Richard Rorty sits before his address in Tehran, in June 2004.(Hasan Sarbakhshian / ...