Research Article

Antipodean Philosophy: Mind, Society and the Absence of Minds

Paulo Alexandre e Castro
University of Coimbra, Portugal
* Corresponding author
DOI icon 10.24018/theology.2023.3.3.114

Read Counter
503

Downloads
416

Citations

Share

Article Sidebar

Submitted 2023-04-21
Published 2023-05-31

Read counter = 503 times

Table of Contents

Article Main Content

Richard Rorty’s philosophy of mind is the foundation for its neo-pragmatism thought. This may seem strange at first sight, however, when taking a closer look we can find the links between them. When Richard Rorty first writes Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature, he was not just establishing a justification for pragmatism and/or for the foundations of a new epistemology; in fact, Rorty was creating the foundations of thinking about the role of humanities in the construction of modern man. This means that Richard Rorty is delivering the conditions to think seriously about human consciousness, about human mind and, therefore, to think about the role of men (its implications in the development of) and society.
Keywords: Antipodean Contemporary Culture Mind Rorty Society

References

  1. Bernstein, R. J. (1980). Philosophy in the Conversation of Mankind. The review of Metaphysics 33, 745-775.
     Google Scholar
  2. Castro, P. A. (2021). The paradox of “New Mysterianism” vs Esotericism. An Approach in Philosophy of Mind. Philosophy Study, 11(10), 782-784. Doi:10.17265/2159-5313/2021.10.006.
     Google Scholar
  3. Chalmers, D. (1995). The Puzzle of Conscious Experience. Scientific American, 237(6), 62-68.
     Google Scholar
  4. Gallagher, K. T. (1985). Rorty’s Antipodeans: An Impossible Illustration? Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 45(3), 449-455.
     Google Scholar
  5. Rorty, R. (1979). Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
     Google Scholar
  6. Rorty, R. (1998). Truth and Progress: Philosophical Papers (Vol. 3). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
     Google Scholar
  7. Tartaglia, J. (2007). Rorty and the Mirror of Nature. London: Routledge.
     Google Scholar
  8. Voparil, C. J. (2006). Richard Rorty: Politics and Vision. Laham: Rowan and Littlefield Publisher.
     Google Scholar