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Davidson's theory of truth and its implications for Rorty's pragmatism
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ISBN: 0820431389 9780820431383 Year: 1997 Publisher: New York (N.Y.): Lang,

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Deconstruction and pragmatism
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ISBN: 0415121698 0415121701 9780415121705 9780415121699 Year: 1997 Publisher: London: Routledge,

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Deconstruction and pragmatism constitute two of the major intellectual influences on the contemporary theoretical scene; influences personified in the work of Jacques Derrida and Richard Rorty. Both Rortian pragmatism, which draws the consequences of post-war developments in Anglo-American philosophy, and Derridian deconstruction, which extends and troubles the phenomenological and Heideggerian influence on the Continental tradition, have hitherto generally been viewed as mutually exclusive philosophical language games. The purpose of this volume is to bring deconstruction and pragmatism into critical confrontation with one another through staging a debate between Derrida and Rorty, itself based on discussions that took place at the College International de Philosophie in Paris in 1993. The ground for this debate is layed out in introductory papers by Simon Critchley and Ernesto Laclau, and the remainder of the volume records Derrida's and Rorty's responses to each other's work. Chantal Mouffe gives an overview of the stakes of this debate in a helpful preface.

Solidarity and the stranger : themes in the social philosophy of Richard Rorty
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ISBN: 0761808906 Year: 1997 Publisher: Lanham University press of America

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The two pragmatisms : from Peirce to Rorty
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ISBN: 1134743440 1280110066 0203277805 0203045211 9780203277805 0415152836 9780415152839 9780203045213 9781134743391 9781134743438 9781134743445 9780415152822 0415152828 1134743432 Year: 1997 Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge,

Postmodern philosophy and law
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ISBN: 0700608575 0700609997 9780700609994 9780700608577 Year: 1997 Publisher: Lawrence, Kan. University Press of Kansas

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Now that contemporary scholars have begun to extend postmodern theory to law, an appraisal of its relevance in that sphere is especially important. This book offers a critical introduction to writings on law by key postmodern philosophers--Nietzsche, Foucault, Derrida, Lyotard, and Rorty--and articulates the strengths and weaknesses of postmodern legal theory. Douglas Litowitz takes a critical stance on these thinkers and determines that postmodern philosophy falls short of a positive jurisprudence--a vision of a just state and a moral legal system--because it takes an unduly external perspective on the law and espouses an unworkable anti-foundationalism. The postmodernist perspective, he argues, is too removed from our legal practices to resolve legal problems like abortion, flag burning, or pornography. Litowitz shows that postmodernism is so far removed from the language games in which lawyers and judges decide key legal issues that it leaves the internal practice of law untouched, and its radical rejection of foundations precludes a position from which a just legal system might be built. Still, postmodernism can make a significant contribution to legal theory by showing the limits of existing arrangements, focusing attention on genealogy and discourse, and empowering those who have been denied a voice under the legal system. Postmodern Philosophy and Law bridges the gap between Anglo-American jurisprudence and postmodern theory by discussing not only traditional approaches such as natural law theory and legal positivism but also continental philosophy and critical legal studies. It is the first book to expound and critique postmodern legal theory and its ramifications for a mainstream audience of legal scholars and philosophers.

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