Language, Truth and Morality

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The paper relates that philosophy has been interpreted and analyzed in various ways by scholars and thinkers. Each of which established the basis of a new theory or developed the guidelines of old ones. The paper discusses the works of Richard Rorty, one of the most appreciated contemporary philosophers, and shows how in his 1989 "Contingency, Irony and Solidarity" he follows in the footsteps of Nietzsche's "Beyond Good and Evil." The paper explains Rorty's theory that philosophy should consist of a more personal experience which must be released from the strains of modern and classical dogmatism. The paper discusses how his beliefs stand against the idea of an absolute truth, that which is expressed through a common and strict language.

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"In regard to the own self, Rorty bases his modern society on the "liberal ironist", one that unwilling to accept the surrender to the will of the others, such as Nietzsche's "herd", decides to exercise its will and "reconcile themselves to a private-public split within their final vocabularies, to the fact that resolution of doubts about one's final vocabulary has nothing to do with attempts to save other people from pain and humiliation" (Rorty 120). Here, unlike Nietzsche, Rorty points to his expectations in the liberal society."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Foucault, Michel. Human Nature: Justice versus Power." Ed. Fons Elders Reflexive Water. London: Souvenir Press, 1974.
• Nietzsche, Friedrich. Beyond Good and Evil. Prideaux Street Publications: Nanaimo, BC.Canada.Johnstonia. 9 May 2006<http://www.mala.bc.ca/~johnstoi/Nietzsche/beyondgoodandevil2.htm>
• Rorty, Richard. Contingency, irony, and solidarity. London

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