American philosopher and author (died 2007)

Richard Rorty

Richard McKay Rorty was an American philosopher, historian of ideas, and public intellectual. Educated at the University of Chicago and Yale University, Rorty's academic career included appointments as the Stuart Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University, the Kenan Professor of Humanities at the University of Virginia, and a professor of comparative literature at Stanford University. Among his most influential books are Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature (1979), Consequences of Pragmatism (1982), and Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity (1989).

Born

1931

October 4

Died

Living

Era

1930s

Country

About

Richard, in brief

Richard McKay Rorty was an American philosopher, historian of ideas, and public intellectual. Educated at the University of Chicago and Yale University, Rorty's academic career included appointments as the Stuart Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University, the Kenan Professor of Humanities at the University of Virginia, and a professor of comparative literature at Stanford University. Among his most influential books are Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature (1979), Consequences of Pragmatism (1982), and Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity (1989).

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

Life timeline

Key dates

  1. 1931 Born

Also on October 4

What else happened on this day, through history

See all of October 4 →

The world in 1931

When Richard arrived

Read the year 1931 →

Same-day contemporaries

Also born on October 4

See everything on October 4 →

Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1931

Read about the year 1931 →

Keep going

More to explore