Slog - Comments on The End of Rorty http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_end_of_rorty This universe spares no one. Even philosophers die. All we can hope is that one day a man/woman will produce a thought strong enough to win even one battle against the given time.... Copyright 2008 Wed, 27 Jun 2007 15:35:06 -0800 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:39:55 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Jay Yup, him and Baudrillard within a year of each other. The Americans and the French have both lost fairly significant thinkers.

Ever since Rawls went, American philosophers have been dying off fast, real fast.

]]> Jay http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_end_of_rorty#c753593 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_end_of_rorty#c753593 Arts Wed, 27 Jun 2007 17:05:29 -0800 Comment by Grant Cogswell That's awful. He was SO GREAT. How I regret being lost in grief and alcohol when he was teaching at UVa to the point that I didn't even know his work or try to get into one of his classes. Barack Obama is echoing Rorty whether he knows it or not.

]]> Grant Cogswell http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_end_of_rorty#c753657 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_end_of_rorty#c753657 Arts Wed, 27 Jun 2007 18:38:46 -0800 Comment by JME As a grad student, I set up a lecture for Rorty on behalf of Edward Said (another loss) back in 1994 or 1995. There was an audience of maybe 30 people, half grad students, half professors, and Rorty went on and on in the most delightful way about that timeless Stein line "a rose is a rose is a rose." It was wonderful.

]]> JME http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_end_of_rorty#c753728 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_end_of_rorty#c753728 Arts Wed, 27 Jun 2007 21:01:39 -0800 Comment by roag I'm pretty sure Rorty said novelists, not philosophers, are best suited to answer the big questions. What a wonderful approach. I'm very sad to see him go. He made college sort of interesting.

]]> roag http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_end_of_rorty#c753753 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_end_of_rorty#c753753 Arts Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:28:04 -0800 Comment by anthow This is weeks-old news, but I love that Slog contributors post stuff (read: pomo/crit theory) like this. Slate.com had an interesting retrospective from friends of Rorty: http://www.slate.com/id/2168488/

]]> anthow http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_end_of_rorty#c754190 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_end_of_rorty#c754190 Arts Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:39:55 -0800