In 2004, the American pragmatist philosopher Richard Rorty delivered his Page-Barbour lectures under the title Philosophy as Poetry. This title beautifully reflects an important aspect of Rorty’s ...

Here's a quotation from Richard Rorty about context, and the last two sentences are instructive for legal interpretation. It is impossible to read a text without a context. Instead of even trying to, ...

Pragmatist philosopher Richard Rorty died on Friday, according to a report by Stanford University. He was 75 years of age and succumbed to complications relating to pancreatic cancer. Born in New York ...