Sunday, June 10, 2007
RIP
Richard Rorty died yesterday. Rorty was one of the most important and influential philosophers of his generation, not to mention one of the most controversial. His influence reached far beyond the confines of both philosophy and academia. I can't say I agree with all, or even most, of his positions. But Rorty had a radical vision for philosophy--one that, I believe, most philosophers have sadly (and sorely) missed. He, too, will be sorely missed.
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I'm getting this news for the first time from your entry. I'll have to post about this....very sad.
I happened to catch it early. I see the news is already spreading all over the Internet, though. And, yeah, sad.
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