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Richard Rorty was an influential American philosopher, born on October 4, 1931, and passed away on June 8, 2007. Known for his unique linguistic philosophy and critical rationalism, his ideas had a profound impact on the philosophical world in the late 20th century.

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“Truth is a property of sentences, since sentences are dependent for their existence upon vocabularies, and since vocabularies are made by human beings, so are truths.”

Humans Made Human Beings Existence Truth Is Property Sentences Dependent Vocabulary

Book:Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity

Source: Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity

“All human relations untouched by love take place in the dark”

Humans Dark Relation Human Relations

Book:Objectivity, Relativism, and Truth: Philosophical Papers

Source: Objectivity, Relativism, and Truth: Philosophical Papers

“The world does not speak. Only we do. The world can, once we have programmed ourselves with a language, cause us to hold beliefs. But it cannot propose a language for us to speak. Only other human beings can do that.”

World Humans Doe Belief Speak Language Causes Can Do Human Beings Propose

Book:Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity

Source: Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity

“To abjure the notion of the truly human is to abjure the attempt to divinize the self as a replacement for a divinized world.”

World Humans Self Notion Replacements

Book:Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity

Source: Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity

“To say that truth is not out there is simply to say that where there are no sentences there is no truth, that sentences are elements of human languages, and that languages are human creations.~ The suggestion that truth~ is out there is a legacy of an age in which the world was seen as the creation of a being who had a language his own.”

World Humans Age Language Creation Truth Is Elements Sentences Legacy Suggestions Human Language

Book:Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity

Source: Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity

“At 12, I knew that the point of being human was to spend one's life fighting social injustice.”

Humans Fighting Social Justice Injustice Being Human Social Injustice

Book:Philosophy and Social Hope

Source: Philosophy and Social Hope

About the Author

Born: October 4, 1931
Died: June 8, 2007
Known for: Philosopher
Quotes: 45

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Truth and Progress: Philosophical PapersRelated source material

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Consequences of Pragmatism: Essays, 1972-1980Related source material

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