A pragmatist critique of richard rorty’s hopeless politics

Southern Journal of Philosophy

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 611-626

  Talisse, Robert B ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84991351745     PISSN: 00384283     EISSN: 20416962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-6962.2001.tb01836.x     Document Type: Article

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