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Episode 155: Richard Rorty Against Epistemology
Published 9 years, 9 months ago
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On Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature (1979), Part II: "Mirroring."
Is a "theory of knowledge" possible? Rorty thinks that any such account will be a fruitless search for foundations. Knowledge is really just a matter of social agreement, and beliefs must be justified from other beliefs, not from any alleged relationship to reality.
End song: "The Ghosts Are Alright" from The Bye-Bye Blackbirds (Houses and Homes, 2008), as discussed on Nakedly Examined Music #32.