Richard Rorty's Philosophy is a philosophical approach that emphasizes the importance of language, culture, and social practices in understanding the world. It is a form of pragmatism that focuses on the role of language in mediating between the individual and the world. Rorty's
Richard McKay Rorty 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).