Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity, written in 1989, is based on Richard Rorty’s lectures that were addressed in two sets at Trinity College, Cambridge and University College, London. He affirms that social consciousness brought on by a sense of...

This book, written in the late 1970's, is Richard Rorty's attempt to discuss his philosophy about perception and reality. The main theme of this work is that humans often confuse their perceptions about reality with reality itself, but because our...