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.
發表於2025-03-28
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羅蒂在其實用主義哲學方麵的代錶性著作。國內其它可見的他的書有不少屬於政治哲學。而這本是純哲學的。討論分析哲學方法論、及其與歐陸哲學的關係等。
評分記得1990年前後在學校圖書館裏藉這本書來看,是因為先看瞭塗紀亮《分析哲學及其在美國的發展》,裏麵最後介紹的人物就是羅蒂。但是那時看這本書根本看不懂的,隻是享受於全神貫注絞盡腦汁的硬啃過程。還迴去之後過瞭些天覺得不過癮,又藉齣來一次。算是那時我比較鍾愛的一本書...
評分記得1990年前後在學校圖書館裏藉這本書來看,是因為先看瞭塗紀亮《分析哲學及其在美國的發展》,裏麵最後介紹的人物就是羅蒂。但是那時看這本書根本看不懂的,隻是享受於全神貫注絞盡腦汁的硬啃過程。還迴去之後過瞭些天覺得不過癮,又藉齣來一次。算是那時我比較鍾愛的一本書...
評分6月8日在上海,我是第一次從王鴻生先生那裏知道瞭羅蒂。迴來後,有一天小康在她的書店裏幫我找到瞭羅蒂的一本書,是他1979年的一個作品,《哲學和自然之鏡》。現在知道,就是8日,他因胰腺癌及並發癥在加州帕羅奧多傢中去世,享年75歲。書剛在看,這裏隻引他的一小段話: “...
評分引言: 理查德·羅蒂認為,認識論是關於知識的特殊的哲學理論,目的是探究科學的基礎。這一探究活動自笛卡爾轉嚮內心世界開始,哲學的工作是通過研究人的心智活動來“瞭解我們知道什麼以及如果更好地知道它”;在視覺隱喻的影響下,洛剋混淆瞭知識的因果解釋與對知識主張的...
圖書標籤: 哲學 羅蒂 philosophy Rorty 哲學長廊 anti-fundationism Theory Richard
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。
評分還不錯,一如既往的羅蒂式機智。錶象部分講的較淺。
評分除瞭課程內容,雲裏霧裏看瞭一遍,還得看。
Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature 2025 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載