Comments on: Richard Rorty, R.I.P. http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/06/richard_rorty_r.html The Law, the Universe, and Everything Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:18:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: RonPrice http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/06/richard_rorty_r.html/comment-page-1#comment-53633 RonPrice Sat, 16 Jun 2007 09:07:59 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2007/06/richard-rorty-rip.html#comment-53633 There was much in Rorty's voluminous writings and his engaging ideas that I found attractive. I will mention but one, an idea which turned on the poetics of Emerson and Whitman. It related to the tension, the productive tension, which exists between self-creation and communal participation. As he approached his latter years he expressed his hope in Emerson's idea that "the coming only is sacred." He felt there very well could be "a romance with endless diversity" in which "the future will widen endlessly." I hope so, too, Richard. I believe it will happen. Best wishes in your journey to Shelley's Undiscovered Country if, in fact, that is an in evibility. There was much in Rorty’s voluminous writings and his engaging ideas that I found attractive. I will mention but one, an idea which turned on the poetics of Emerson and Whitman. It related to the tension, the productive tension, which exists between self-creation and communal participation. As he approached his latter years he expressed his hope in Emerson’s idea that “the coming only is sacred.” He felt there very well could be “a romance with endless diversity” in which “the future will widen endlessly.” I hope so, too, Richard. I believe it will happen. Best wishes in your journey to Shelley’s Undiscovered Country if, in fact, that is an in evibility.

]]> By: Patrick S. O'Donnell http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/06/richard_rorty_r.html/comment-page-1#comment-53632 Patrick S. O'Donnell Sun, 10 Jun 2007 18:52:06 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2007/06/richard-rorty-rip.html#comment-53632 erratum: "your general assessment of..." erratum: “your general assessment of…”

]]> By: Patrick S. O'Donnell http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2007/06/richard_rorty_r.html/comment-page-1#comment-53631 Patrick S. O'Donnell Sun, 10 Jun 2007 18:48:47 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2007/06/richard-rorty-rip.html#comment-53631 I agree entirely with your general of assessment of Rorty's work. One thing in particular I appreciate is his philosophical interest in metaphor. Roy Bhaskar's Philosophy and the Idea of Freedom (Oxford, UK: Blackwell, 1991) is a sympathetic yet comprehensive critique of much of Rorty's contribution to philosophy. I agree entirely with your general of assessment of Rorty’s work. One thing in particular I appreciate is his philosophical interest in metaphor.

Roy Bhaskar’s Philosophy and the Idea of Freedom (Oxford, UK: Blackwell, 1991) is a sympathetic yet comprehensive critique of much of Rorty’s contribution to philosophy.

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