Table of Contents

Introduction: The Unity of Richard Rorty's Philosophy David Rondel; 1. Rorty's Metaphilosophy: A Pluralistic Corridor Colin Koopman; 2. After Metaphysics: Eliminativism and the Protreptic Dilemma Neil Gascoigne; 3. Rorty and Classical Pragmatism Christopher Voparil; 4. A Pragmatism More Ironic Than Pragmatic Barry Allen; 5. Rorty and Semantic Minimalism Simon Blackburn; 6. Returning to the Particular: Morality and the Self after Rorty Alan Malachowski; 7. Rorty's Political Philosophy Michael Bacon and Alexis Dianda; 8. Tinkering with Truth, Tinkering with Difference: Rorty and (Liberal) Feminism Susan Dieleman; 9. Rorty's Insouciant Social Thought James T. Kloppenberg; 10. Rorty and National Pride Georgia Warnke; 11. Rorty on Religion Stephen S. Bush; 12. Rorty: Reading Continental Philosophy Paul Patton; 13. Rorty's Literary Culture: Reading, Redemption, and the Heart's Invisible Furies Aine Mahon and Elizabeth O'Brien; 14. Wild Orchids Robert Westbrook.

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About the Author

David Rondel is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Nevada. He is author of Pragmatist Egalitarianism (2018) and co-editor of Pragmatism and Justice (2017) and Pessimism of the Intellect, Optimism of the Will: The Political Philosophy of Kai Nielsen (2012).