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Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature

Authors: Richard Rorty

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Key Ideas

1. Language as a tool of inquiry

Richard Rorty argues that language is not a mirror that reflects an external reality, but rather a tool that humans use to inquire and communicate about the world. He asserts that the way we represent and describe reality is not determined by an objective truth, but by the linguistic and cultural practices we adopt. This challenges traditional philosophical concepts that assume a correspondence between language and reality.

2. The rejection of representationalism

Rorty rejects the representationalist view that language functions as a mirror of the mind or th....
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1. According to Rorty, language functions as a mirror that reflects an external reality.
2. Rorty emphasizes the role of social and cultural factors in constructing our understanding of reality.
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