{"product_id":"philosophy-as-poetry-9780813939339","title":"Philosophy as Poetry","description":"\u003cp\u003eUndeniably iconoclastic, and doggedly practical where others were abstract, the late Richard Rorty was described by some as a philosopher with no philosophy. Rorty was skeptical of systems claiming to have answers, seeing scientific and aesthetic schools as vocabularies rather than as indispensable paths to truth. But his work displays a profound awareness of philosophical tradition and an urgent concern for how we create a society. As Michael B rub  writes in his introduction to this new volume, Rorty looked upon philosophy as \"a creative enterprise of dreaming up new and more humane ways to live.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Drawn from Rorty's acclaimed 2004 Page-Barbour lectures, \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy as Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e distills many of the central ideas in his work. Rorty begins by addressing poetry and philosophy, which are often seen as contradictory pursuits. He offers a view of philosophy as a poem, beginning with the ancient Greeks and rewritten by succeeding generations of philosophers seeking to improve it. He goes on to examine analytic philosophy and the rejection by some philosophers, notably Wittgenstein, of the notion of philosophical problems that have solutions. The book concludes with an invigorating suspension of intellectual borders as Rorty focuses on the romantic tradition and relates it to philosophic thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book makes an ideal starting place for anyone looking for an introduction to Rorty's thought and his contribution to our sense of an American pragmatism, as well as an understanding of his influence and the controversy that attended his work.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePage-Barbour Lectures\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Rorty\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Virginia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/07\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813939339\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Rorty was affiliated over the course of his long teaching career with Princeton University, the University of Virginia, and Stanford University. Recognized as one of the most important voices in American philosophy of the late twentieth century, he was the author of numerous landmark works, including \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy and the Mirror of Nature\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eContingency, Irony, and Solidarity.\u003c\/i\u003e Michael Bérubé is Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Literature at Pennsylvania State University; his most recent book is \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Life of Stories: From Don Quixote to Harry Potter, How Understanding Intellectual Disability Transforms the Way We Read.\u003c\/i\u003e Mary V. Rorty is Clinical Associate Professor at the Stanford University Medical center and a Fellow of the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Virginia Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39825987764339,"sku":"9780813939339","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_d785ec04-2859-4822-9a54-61e99844bf6f.jpg?v=1644540221","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/philosophy-as-poetry-9780813939339","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}