Brill Contingency and Normativity: In Dialogue with Richard Rorty: The Challenges of Richard Rorty: 329 (Central European Value Studies, 329)

Product Description Contingentism depicts normativity as one of our human effective possibilities rather than as a metaphysical bottleneck which we should necessary fulfill. The book is a critical survey of Richard McKay Rortys neo-pragmatism, in the light of various theoretical arguments as well as of his own resourceful attempts to renew philosophy from within its practice. About the Author Rosa M. Calcaterra, Professor of Theoretical Philosophy at University Roma Tre. She edited various international collections and is the Author of numerous essays or chapters of books and volumes among which Pragmatismo: i valori dellesperienza. Letture di Peirce, James e Mead (2003); Ideias concretas: Percursos na filosofia de John Dewey (2015).