Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity by Richard Rorty

For this three week event we will continue our investigation into how to handle philosophy in our postmodern world by following the guidance of Richard Rorty. Truth for Rorty is a meaningless word and so he does not try to offer us a rational argument for his philosophy. Instead, Rorty presents a story built to persuade us to follow his lead. Accepting the contingency of truth and language, Rorty weaves together many thinkers from the history of philosophy in order to paint a pragmatic picture of how we may come to live productively together. Join us as we immerse ourselves and discuss this story together! I will be reading from this version and a free copy can be found here. For the first week we will read Part 1: chapters 1-3 (p. 1-69). Participants should read the entire reading before attending this in person meeting. For questions please send me a message or post to meetup.

Best,

Brian