Richard Rorty Dead
Pragmatist Philosopher Richard Rorty died on June 8 with pancreatic cancer. William Vallicella at Maverick Philosopher has a nicely-done, brief post on his death. He quotes Thomas Aquinas in the context of how one who disagrees with Rorty’s philosophical conclusions should view the man and his death:
We should love both: those whose opinion we follow, and those whose opinion we reject. For both have applied themselves to the quest for the truth, and both have helped us in it.