Rortyian Hope
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12497948 |
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| Authors | M Sanders (0000-0003-4901-3921, Department of Philosophy, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Boulevard, Charlotte, NC 28223-0001, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 52-59 |
| Publication date | 2009-03-21 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Human Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1210-3055 • E-ISSN: 1337-401X |
| Publisher | De Gruyter (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.2478/v10023-009-0020-1 |
| OpenAlex | W4255867284 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
Rortyian Hope This is a paper about Richard Rorty's notion of hope, and the role that it plays in breaking down Rorty's public/private distinction, and connecting philosophy to politics. The argument that philosophy can be engaged in and with the social-political world is one that is coherent with Rorty's position if philosophy is understood as striving towards its goals with a sense of contextualism and fallibilism. Placing Rorty within the tradition of the classic pragmatists, James and Dewey, I will argue that pluralism can and should serve as a contextual foundation for liberalism. Through an examination and analysis of Rorty's liberal ironist and anti-foundationalism, I will explore how Rortyian hope can be understood as socially and politically transformative, transforming our conception of knowledge from one based on certainty to one based on fallibility
Analytic philosophy · Argument (complex analysis · Certainty · Contemporary philosophy · Contextualism · Epistemology · Foundationalism · Liberalism · Metaphilosophy · Pluralism (philosophy · Political philosophy · Political science · Politics · Pragmatism · Relativism · Sociology · Transformative learning · Western philosophy · Law · Philosophy · Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education
| Highly cited | No |
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