When1: 1979
When2: 1982
Who: Richard Rorty [Rorty, Richard]
What: philosopher
Where: USA
works\ Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature [1979]; Consequences of Pragmatism [1982]
Detail: He lived 1931 to 2007. Wilfred Sellars and Quine influenced him. Truths, and objective or transcendental judgments, do not exist. Only beliefs exist, and they can be close to truth. Such truth depends on social context {neo-pragmatism, Rorty}. Intentions and mental states do not correspond to physical brain states {eliminative materialism, Rorty}. Folk psychology is not the way brain works.
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