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Richard Rorty
Richard McKay Rorty was an American philosopher, historian of ideas, and public intellectual. Educated at the University of Chicago and Yale University, Rorty's academic career included appointments as the Stuart Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University, the Kenan Professor of Humanities at the University of Virginia, and a professor of comparative literature at Stanford University. Among h…
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culture · American philosopher (1931–2007) · philosopher · pedagogue · university teacher · writer · also Richard Rorty, Richard McKay Rorty, Richard M. Rorty, Rorty
Born 4 October 1931 · Died 8 June 2007 · Q215258
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2026· 3 entries
“Trotsky and the Wild Orchids,”
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“a belief can still regulate action, can still be thought worth dying for, among people who are quite aware that this belief is caused by nothing deeper than contingent historical circumstance”
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2025· 1 entry
Psychology Today: Richard Rorty and the Power of Imagination
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2021· 1 entry
The New Republic: Richard Rorty’s Warning Against Authoritarianism
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2007· 10 entries
The Chronicle of Higher Education: Richard Rorty (1931-2007): the View From Somewhere
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openDemocracy: Richard Rorty: living in dialogue
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openDemocracy: Richard Rorty’s legacy
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The Chronicle of Higher Education: Remembering Richard Rorty, and the Intellectual Battles He Engendered
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Rorty died in his home from pancreatic cancer
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Died 2007-06-08.
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“Truth is simply a compliment paid to sentences seen to be paying their way.”
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“Always strive to excel, but only on weekends.”
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“If I had to lay bets, my bet would be that everything is going to go to hell, but, you know, what else have we got except hope?”
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Roger Scruton wrote, "Rorty was paramount among those thinkers who advance their own opinion as immune to criticism, by pretending that it is not truth but consensus that counts, while defining the consensus in terms of
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2005· 1 entry
Won Wilbur Cross Medal (2005).
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2001· 2 entries
Awarded honorary doctorate of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (2001).
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Awarded Meister Eckhart Prize (2001).
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1998· 1 entry
Rorty became professor of comparative literature (and philosophy, by courtesy), at Stanford University, where he spent the remainder of his academic career
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1997· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctor of Paris 8 University (1997).
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1981· 1 entry
Was a recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, commonly known as the "Genius Grant", in its first year of awarding, and in 1982 he became Kenan Professor of the Humanities at the University of Virginia, working closely wi
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1973· 1 entry
Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship (1973).
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1962· 1 entry
Began a six-year psychiatric analysis for obsessional neurosis
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1931· 1 entry
Born 1931-10-04.
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