Consequences of pragmatism (essays : 1972-1980) - Rorty, Richard (Minneapolis, MN University of Minnesota Press, 1982)
The world well lost -- Keeping philosophy pure -- Overcoming the tradition -- Professionalized philosophy and transcendentalist culture -- Dewey's metaphysics -- Philosophy as a kind of writing -- Is there a problem about fictional discourse? -- Nineteenth-century idealism and twentieth-century textualism -- Pragmatism, relativism,and irrationalism -- Cavell on skepticism -- Method,social science, and social hope -- Philosophy in America today.
Includes bibliographical references and index.