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Tables of Contents for Debating the State of Philosophy
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
vii
Coping with Contingencies
1
30
Coping with Contingencies---The Return of Historicism
1
23
Jurgen Habermas
Emancipating Our Culture
24
5
Richard Rorty
Notes
29
2
The Challenge of Relativism
31
36
Relativism---Finding and Making
31
17
Richard Rorty
On Moral Obligation, Truth, and Common Sense
48
4
Richard Rorty
A Remark on Rorty
52
6
Leszek Kolakowski
Response to Kolakowski
58
8
Richard Rorty
Notes
66
1
Philosophy and the Dilemmas of the Contemporary World
67
22
A Remark on Our Relative Relativism
67
10
Leszek Kolakowski
Enlightenment---Yes or No?
77
7
Ernest Gellner
The Notion of Rationality
84
4
Richard Rorty
Note
88
1
Appendix I Comments on the Habermas/Rorty Debate
89
15
Appendix II Comments on Richard Rorty, ``Relativism: Finding and Making''
104
12
Appendix III Comments on Philosophy and the Dilemmas of the Contemporary World
116
10
Bibliography
126
19
Index
145
4
About the Contributors
149