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Educated at the university of chicago and yale university, he had strong interests and training in both the history of philosophy and contemporary analytic philosophy, the latter of which came to comprise the main focus of his work at princeton university in the 1960s. Richard rorty was one of the most committed and respected critics of the distinction between philosophy and literature. Click download or read online button to the philosophy of richard rorty book pdf for free now. Whos afraid of richard rorty truth is an important concept in our everyday lives. Download pdf the philosophy of richard rorty free online. Books truth and progress by richard rorty is truth about the way the world is, or is it about what is convenient for society.
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