CFP – Rethinking Rorty’s Pragmatism: Ethics after Epistemology (deadline: January 10, 2020)

The XII-1 (2020) issue of the European Journal of Pragmatism and American Philosophy will be dedicated to the American neopragmatist philosopher Richard Rorty (1931-2007). The occasion of the decennial of his death witnessed an intensification of interest in the American thinker, with many works on Rorty recently published or in preparation. The title of the symposium, “Rethinking Rorty’s Pragmatism: Ethics after Epistemology,” expresses the main intention of this issue, which is to continue the conversation about the consequences for ethics of Rorty’s famous critique of modern epistemology and its well-known concern with knowledge and representation. Continue reading