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Richard Rorty, Philosopher, Dies at 75

By PATRICIA COHEN

Published: June 11, 2007

Richard Rorty, whose inventive work on philosophy, politics, literary theory and more made him one of the world’s most influential contemporary thinkers, died Friday in Palo Alto, Calif. He was 75.

 

When his 1979 book ‚Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature‘ came out, it upended conventional views about the very purpose and goals of philosophy.