Epistemological Ambivalence: Richard Rorty on Religion and Public Discourse

The late Richard Rorty famously argued that faith-based positions grounded in comprehensive worldviews or unassailable texts served as ‘conversation-stoppers’ and should be excluded from the public sphere. This article argues that Rorty’s position flies in the face of his own postmodern epistemology...

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Published in:International journal of public theology
Main Author: Reynolds, Terrence (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2017
In: International journal of public theology
Year: 2017, Volume: 11, Issue: 1, Pages: 88-109
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
VB Hermeneutics; Philosophy
Further subjects:B Epistemology public square postmodernism Deweyian progressivism Wittgenstein
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)

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