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Richard McKay Rorty (October 4, 1931 – June 8, 2007) was an American philosopher, historian of ideas, and public intellectual. Educated at the University

Rorty is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Amélie Rorty (1932–2020), Belgian-born American philosopher James Rorty (1890–1973), American

Amélie Oksenberg Rorty (May 20, 1932 – September 18, 2020) was a Belgian-born American philosopher known for her work in the philosophy of mind (in particular

hope of William James and especially John Dewey, who was Rorty's philosophical hero. Rorty uses such arguments to effectively dissolve analytic philosophy

popularised by Richard Rorty's 1967 anthology The Linguistic Turn, in which he discusses the turn towards linguistic philosophy. According to Rorty, who later dissociated

James Rorty (March 30, 1890 – February 26, 1973) was a 20th-century American radical writer and poet as well as political activist who addressed controversial

pragmatism known sometimes as neopragmatism gained influence through Richard Rorty, the most influential of the late 20th century pragmatists along with Hilary

University and his PhD in 1977 from Princeton University, under Richard Rorty and David Kellogg Lewis. His doctoral thesis was titled Practice and Object

Ironism (n. ironist; from irony) is a term coined by Richard Rorty for the concept that allows rhetorical scholars to actively participate in political

was also the maternal grandfather of the influential philosopher Richard Rorty and the great-grandfather of Paul Raushenbush. Walter Rauschenbusch was