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Christopher Voparil is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Lynn University in Boca Raton, FL. He is the author of 'Richard Rorty: Politics and Vision' (2006) and 'Reconstructing Pragmatism: Richard Rorty and the Classical Pragmatists' (2021). He is also the co-Editor of 'The Rorty Reader' (2010) with Richard Bernstein, 'On Philosophy and Philosophers: Unpublished Papers 1960–2000' (2020) with W. P. Małecki, and 'What Can We Hope For? Essays on Politics' (2023) also with W. P. Małecki.
Content:
00:00 - Preview
01:24 - Introduction
02:25 - Prof. Voparil's Academic Background
05:29 - His Path in Rorty Scholarship
15:30 - How To Read Rorty
21:43 - Hermeneutic Charity
28:27 - Reconstructing Pragmatism
36:16 - The Archive & Rorty's Unpublished Essays
41:08 - Pragmatism & Contemporary Social-Political Issues
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Christopher Voparil is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Lynn University in Boca Raton, FL. He is the author of 'Richard Rorty: Politics and Vision' (2006) and 'Reconstructing Pragmatism: Richard Rorty and the Classical Pragmatists' (2021). He is also the co-Editor of 'The Rorty Reader' (2010) with Richard Bernstein, 'On Philosophy and Philosophers: Unpublished Papers 1960–2000' (2020) with W. P. Małecki, and 'What Can We Hope For? Essays on Politics' (2023) also with W. P. Małecki.
Content:
00:00 - Preview
01:24 - Introduction
02:25 - Prof. Voparil's Academic Background
05:29 - His Path in Rorty Scholarship
15:30 - How To Read Rorty
21:43 - Hermeneutic Charity
28:27 - Reconstructing Pragmatism
36:16 - The Archive & Rorty's Unpublished Essays
41:08 - Pragmatism & Contemporary Social-Political Issues
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Join my book club: dgozli.com/reading-group-schedule
Patreon: patreon.com/dgozli
