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Philosophy and the mirror of nature

Title
Philosophy and the mirror of nature / Richard Rorty; with an introduction by Michael Williams, an afterword by David Bromwich, and Rorty's essay "The philosopher as expert".
Author
Rorty, Richard
Publication
  • Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2018.
  • ©2009

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Description
xxxiii, 439 pages; 22 cm.
Summary
When it first appeared in 1979, 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.
Series Statement
Princeton classics
Uniform Title
Princeton classics.
Subject
  • Geistesgeschichte 1600-1970
  • Philosophy
  • Philosophy, Modern
  • Mind and body
  • Representation (Philosophy)
  • Analysis (Philosophy)
  • Civilization > Philosophy
  • Philosophy
  • Philosophie
  • Représentation (Philosophie)
  • Philosophie analytique
  • Civilisation > Philosophie
  • philosophy
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
ISBN
  • 0691178151
  • 9780691178158
OCLC
  • ocn984013117
  • 984013117
  • SCSB-8802074
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library