Taking Time Seriously: Richard Rorty on Philosophy (1994)

Rare audio of Richard Rorty discussing the role of philosophy and philosophers once time has been taken seriously, as opposed to the tendency of past philosophy which had tried to escape from time into eternity. This is another re-upload from the old channel. Details will be added at a later date. You may also be interested in the following discussion between Rorty, Putnam, & Conant on Truth and Pragmatism: • Pragmatism & Truth - R...
#Philosophy #Rorty

[@lbjvg]

“Truth is eternal and enduring, but its hard to be sure you’ve got it.” Great quote.

[@andytaylor4138]

Rorty was more like a sage of our times. Great guy

[@ricardocima]

best voice in philosophy

[@adrianafischetti2547]

Excellent lecture.

[@evinnra2779]

A passionate cook will become better and better at his or her task through experience. Similarly, a dedicated teacher becomes better and better at the task of educating as time goes by. A passionate politician who strives to play the role of mediator between his or her constituency and the powers above becomes better and better at his or her role in time. A philosopher dedicated to the search for Truth becomes better and better at his or her task of having a deeper understanding of reality through this never ending search. That said, I can't imagine any tyrant having the power to put an end to this natural progress of the Good.

[@mojdemarvast2366]

“Only a society without politics, a society run by a tyrant who prevents social and cultural change to occur would not require philosophy.
In societies where there is no politics philosophers can only be priests in the service of a state religion ...”
This even can be true in respect of one individual’s attitude ...

[@jamesneeson5751]

This is a good comment. There's a lot to think about here.

[@Robinson8491]

This was great and well worked out speech

[@ahappyimago]

Masterpiece.

[@EclecticSceptic]

Great, thanks

[@richardrumana5025]

Some very nice words by Rorty on reconciliation of past philosophical traditions with the present (at least Rorty present) philosophical rhetoric. However, he offers no advice on how one could reconcile traditional thinkers (Aristotle...Kant) who thought there were eternal essential necessary truths with pragmatists and postmodern thinkers who rely on temporal particular contingent vocabularies and who drop the notion of truth altogether. Reconciliation may be for Rorty a fifth genre of the historiography of philosophy but it will require some very, very strong misreadings somewhere. Reconciliation?

[@edwardj3070]

A global society. A democracy at that. How many centuries from now? Social progress is slow, uneven. Democracy is not likely to survive. Power is humanity's greatest pleasure

[@crizish]

Interesting talk from the vantage point of 2023….

[@andytaylor4138]

What3ver happened to the old Channel?

[@crocodilehole]

got taken down

[@GottfriedLeibnizYT]

@@crocodilehole why?

[@yuriarin3237]

does he discuss this topic in print?

[@peterhalick6226]

Try “Grandeur Profundity and Finitude” in his collection of essays, Philosophy as Cultural Politics. The themes in this talk are pretty typical of Rorty’s message. His book Contingency Irony and Solidarity is a great starting point.

[@yuriarin3237]

@@peterhalick6226 thank you!

[@firstal3799]

He says seriously in such an affected British accent

[@JS-dt1tn]

Not really sure what he was getting at here. So, rhetoric is good?

[@PretzelSurvival]

He's clearly a pragmatist.

[@doclime4792]

That's a dirty word in some circles.

[@PretzelSurvival]

@@doclime4792 But not in Susan Haack's circle. She opposes Rorty's philosophy with a pragmatic passion. 😂

[@user-qz8rv5mo3m]

And the real such both philosopher and pragmatist❤

[@johnbarrymore5827]

First