Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature hit the philosophical world like a bombshell. Richard Rorty, a Princeton professor who had contributed to the analytic tradition in philosophy, was now attempting to shrug off all the central problems with which it had long been preoccupied. After publication, the Press was barely able to keep up with demand, and the book has since gone on to become one of its all-time best-sellers in philosophy.
Rorty argued that, beginning in the seventeenth century, philosophers developed an unhealthy obsession with the notion of representation. They compared the mind to a mirror that reflects reality. In their view, knowledge is concerned with the accuracy of these reflections, and the strategy employed to obtain this knowledge--that of inspecting, repairing, and polishing the mirror--belongs to philosophy. Rorty's book was a powerful critique of this imagery and the tradition of thought that it spawned. He argued that the questions about truth posed by Descartes, Kant, Hegel, and modern epistemologists and philosophers of language simply couldn't be answered and were, in any case, irrelevant to serious social and cultural inquiry. This stance provoked a barrage of criticism, but whatever the strengths of Rorty's specific claims, the book had a therapeutic effect on philosophy. It reenergized pragmatism as an intellectual force, steered philosophy back to its roots in the humanities, and helped to make alternatives to analytic philosophy a serious choice for young graduate students. Twenty-five years later, the book remains a must-read for anyone seriously concerned about the nature of philosophical inquiry and what philosophers can and cannot do to help us understand and improve the world.
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評分約翰霍普金斯大學的哲學係主任米歇爾·威廉姆斯作為一個資深的知識論學者,他常年與懷疑論作戰。除此之外,他還要想方設法為“認識論”提供建設的閤法性之辯護。威廉姆斯作為知識論的捍衛者,不免與羅蒂的觀點相左。然而二者長久以來就是好朋友,有互相批評當然也激蕩起學術界...
評分約翰霍普金斯大學的哲學係主任米歇爾·威廉姆斯作為一個資深的知識論學者,他常年與懷疑論作戰。除此之外,他還要想方設法為“認識論”提供建設的閤法性之辯護。威廉姆斯作為知識論的捍衛者,不免與羅蒂的觀點相左。然而二者長久以來就是好朋友,有互相批評當然也激蕩起學術界...
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最大的不自由,就是沒有任何想象的空間
評分除瞭課程內容,雲裏霧裏看瞭一遍,還得看。
評分書是好書,跌跌撞撞、囫圇吞棗讀完瞭,好多沒讀懂。平實的白話部分大概理解得八九不離十,引經據典、有專業術語的部分就完全一頭霧水。 沒讀過一本分析哲學的書,挑瞭批判分析哲學的書來入門,確實很汗... 越讀越覺得自己對哲學的無知。希望接下來能有毅力啃一下分析哲學的經典著作。
評分最大的不自由,就是沒有任何想象的空間
評分書是好書,跌跌撞撞、囫圇吞棗讀完瞭,好多沒讀懂。平實的白話部分大概理解得八九不離十,引經據典、有專業術語的部分就完全一頭霧水。 沒讀過一本分析哲學的書,挑瞭批判分析哲學的書來入門,確實很汗... 越讀越覺得自己對哲學的無知。希望接下來能有毅力啃一下分析哲學的經典著作。
Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載