In 2004, the American pragmatist philosopher Richard Rorty delivered his Page-Barbour lectures under the title Philosophy as Poetry. This title beautifully reflects an important aspect of Rorty’s ...

Fifty years ago, William F. Buckley Jr. vowed not to read another book about liberalism until his mother wrote one. Liberalism was riding high then, and Buckley was probably annoyed by its champions’ ...

Here's a quotation from Richard Rorty about context, and the last two sentences are instructive for legal interpretation. It is impossible to read a text without a context. Instead of even trying to, ...

Pragmatist philosopher Richard Rorty died on Friday, according to a report by Stanford University. He was 75 years of age and succumbed to complications relating to pancreatic cancer. Born in New York ...