Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature

“This is an ambitious and important book. Ambitious because it attempts to place the main concerns and discussions of contemporary philosophy within a historical perspective; important because this is all too rarely attempted within our present philosophical culture, and almost never done this well.”–Charles Taylor, Times Literary Supplement “It is going to be a long time before a better book of its kind appears.”–Alasdair MacIntyre, London Review of Books “Philosophy and the Mirror of Naturebrings to light the deep sense of crisis within the profession of academic philosophy… Rorty’s provocative and profound meditations impel philosophers to examine the problematic status of their discipline–only to discover that modern European philosophy has come to an end.”–Cornel West, Union Seminary Quarterly Review

Richard Rorty (1931-2007) was a prolific philosopher and public intellectual who, over the course of his career, taught at Princeton, the University of Virginia, and, until his death, Stanford University.