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Richard Rorty

1931 - 2007

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Richard McKay Rorty (October 4, 1931 – June 8, 2007) was an American philosopher, historian of ideas, and public intellectual. Educated at the University of Chicago and Yale University, Rorty's academic career included appointments as the Stuart Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University, the Kenan Professor of Humanities at the University of Virginia, and a professor of comparative literature at Stanford University. Among his most influential books are Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature (1979), Consequences of Pragmatism (1982), and Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity (1989). Rorty rejected the long-held idea that correct internal representations of objects in the outside world are a necessary prerequisite for knowledge. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Rorty is the 376th most popular philosopher (down from 345th in 2019), the 1,259th most popular biography from United States (down from 904th in 2019) and the 10th most popular American Philosopher.

Richard Rorty is most famous for his contributions to American pragmatism. He was a philosopher who was well-known for his work in the philosophy of language, epistemology, and metaphysics.

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Among philosophers, Richard Rorty ranks 376 out of 1,267. Before him are Alexandre Koyré, Pierre d'Ailly, Chandrakirti, Hugues Felicité Robert de Lamennais, Jacques Rancière, and Macrobius. After him are Heinrich Rickert, Thrasymachus, Franciscus Patricius, Edgar Morin, Hwang Jini, and Antoine Arnauld.

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Among people born in 1931, Richard Rorty ranks 60. Before him are Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Hamilton O. Smith, Michael Lonsdale, Caterina Valente, Takashi Takabayashi, and Jim Jones. After him are Hiroto Muraoka, John Robert Schrieffer, Faten Hamama, Ettore Scola, Syukuro Manabe, and Lucia Bosè. Among people deceased in 2007, Richard Rorty ranks 39. Before him are Nils Liedholm, Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, Ryszard Kapuściński, Abdul Rahman Arif, Alan MacDiarmid, and Paul Lauterbur. After him are Stanley Miller, Jane Wyman, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., Henri Troyat, Arawa Kimura, and Momofuku Ando.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Rorty ranks 1,259 out of 20,380. Before him are Wyatt Earp (1848), Robert E. Howard (1906), Raymond Moody (1944), E. O. Wilson (1929), John Dickinson (1732), and Jim Jones (1931). After him are Neale Donald Walsch (1943), Oliver E. Williamson (1932), Vincent J. McMahon (1914), Mickey Rourke (1952), Robert Vaughn (1932), and Burt Young (1940).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, Richard Rorty ranks 10. Before him are Donald Davidson (1917), Pat Robertson (1930), Judith Butler (1956), John Searle (1932), Anne Sullivan (1866), and Robert Nozick (1938). After him are Hilary Putnam (1926), Michael J. Sandel (1953), Daniel Dennett (1942), Martha Nussbaum (1947), Murray Bookchin (1921), and Ronald Dworkin (1931).

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