Introduction: Richard Rorty and Contemporary Philosophy

Guignon, Charles; Hiley, David

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“…This temptation might explain the scholarly urge to reduce his normative concerns to a Kantian “‘don’t be cruel’ rule,” despite Rorty’s disdain for universalizable moral mantras (Elshtain 2003, 145; Rorty 1989, 192–93). Others see Rorty’s invitation to consult authors like Nabokov as wanting for readers to “see the ways in which human beings are cruel to one another … in order to become less cruel” (Guignon and Hiley 2003, 26). It is thus worth emphasizing that, for Rorty, the precise point of reading Lolita is not to dissuade us from acting like Humbert Humbert (for such a conclusion should be obvious to us) but rather to show us how we are prone already to think like him 12 .…”

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Richard Rorty and the Demands of Liberalism

Lamb

2022

Am Polit Sci Rev

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In this article, I show that Richard Rorty’s unduly neglected normative political theory advances a far more distinct and demanding form of liberalism than is usually attributed to him. Attention to how Rorty understands solidarity—and its corresponding conception of public obligations—encourages analysis of his nonjuridical vision of liberal community. Through examination of his oft-ignored, revealing interpretation of Vladimir Nabokov and instructive comparison with the thought of Judith Shklar, I argue that, for Rorty, the sustainability of a liberal community requires an ethos of curiosity, whereby citizens feel moved to uncover and understand the personal experiences of cruelty and humiliation endured by others. We can make sense of this ethos and its demands of us through rethinking the idea of political conversation. This understanding of Rorty’s intellectual project not only enriches our appreciation of his complex political theory but also contests the meaning and implications of liberalism itself.

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Richard Rorty and the Demands of Liberalism

Lamb

2022

Am Polit Sci Rev

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“…Karl Popper is "among those who have prominently defended science as a model for the conduct of liberal democracy" (Guignon and Hiley, 2003) since he is a thorough-going liberal. There has been much dispute about how his method of science can be brought to bearing in the field of politics.…”

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Education and Social Change in the Works of Karl Popper and George Orwell: A Pedagogy of Caution for Marxists in Africa

Dasaolu

2021

Inter. Sci. Journ. of Univ. and Leader.

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Some decades ago, the Brazilian scholar Paulo Freire wrote his Pedagogy of the Oppressed to indicate the rationale for social change and the place of education in that affair. This study takes a leaf from Freire’s work to dialogue how authentic and people-centered social change can be attained in Africa. In contemporary African political scholarship, scholars are divided over the methodology of attaining social change. Some take inspiration from the thoughts of Karl Popper who maintains that there are two approaches toward social change: The Piecemeal and the Utopian. It is also the case that Popper puts trust and emphasis on the former when he doubts and opposes the latter, which appeals mostly to Marxists in Africa. Since it has become a dominant locus for almost all of African scholars to take a Marxist approach in their articulation and struggle for social change, this study intends to serve as a caution. Caution because, it is an open secret that Marxists of African descent have been very critical and bitter of Popper’s version of social change for being reactionary; that it is a viewpoint which aims to preserve an exploitative status quo. When the onus of this study is to defend Popper against such uncharitable misrepresentations, it forays into George Orwell’s classic Animal Farm, for succor. Orwell’s fable is a revelation of the dangers that may emanate from Utopian social engineering in real life scenario. The unfortunate totalitarian era that greeted the animals in the aftermath of their violent and bloody revolution in Manor Farm is not only a lesson but serves to initiate the discourse regarding the intention and integrity of those leading social change and struggles across Africa. It is precisely for this reason that this essay beckons on Africans to initiate a platform for social change that will be void of violence and bloodshed. By taking a pedagogy approach to education, this research would have been able to explore the ways through which education can contribute to the plight of social change and social stability in Africa.

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“…Later, and notoriously, Rorty advocated consensus‐type accounts of knowledge and truth. As Guignon and Hiley summarize his view, “There is no basis for deciding what counts as knowledge and truth other than what one's peers will let one get away with in open exchange of claims, counterclaims, and reasons” (Guignon and Hiley , p. 11). Consensus also figures prominently in Isaac Levi's brand of pragmatism.…”

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Unanimous Consensus Against AGM?

Stewart

2017

Thought: A Journal of Philosophy

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Abstract. Given the role consensus is supposed to play in the social aspects of inquiry and deliberation, it is important that we may always identify a consensus as the basis of joint inquiry and deliberation. However, it turns out that if we think of an agent revising her beliefs to reach a consensus, then, on the received view of belief revision, AGM belief revision theory, certain simple and compelling consensus positions are not always available.

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Introduction: Richard Rorty and Contemporary Philosophy

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Richard Rorty and the Demands of Liberalism

Richard Rorty and the Demands of Liberalism

Education and Social Change in the Works of Karl Popper and George Orwell: A Pedagogy of Caution for Marxists in Africa

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