Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity by Richard Rorty Part 3

For this three week event we will continue our investigation into how to handle philosophy in our postmodern world by following the guidance of Richard Rorty. Truth for Rorty is a meaningless word and so he does not try to offer us a rational argument for his philosophy. Instead, Rorty presents a story built to persuade us to follow his lead. Accepting the contingency of truth and language, Rorty weaves together many thinkers from the history of philosophy in order to paint a pragmatic picture of how we may come to live productively together. Join us as we immerse ourselves and discuss this story together! I will be reading from this(https://www.amazon.com/Contingency-Irony-Solidarity-Richard-Rorty/dp/0521367816) version and a free copy can be found here(http://

https://sites.pitt.edu/~rbrandom/Courses/Antirepresentationalism%20(2020)/Texts/rorty-contingency-irony-and-solidarity-1989.pdf). For the third and final week we will read Part 3: chapters 7-9 (p. 141-198). Participants should read the entire reading before attending this in person meeting. For questions please send me a message or post to meetup.

Best,

Brian

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