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Amelie Rorty
(1932 - 2020)

PhD: Yale UniversityLast affiliation: Boston University
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  • Boston University
    Department of Philosophy
    Regular Faculty
  • Harvard University
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  • Tufts University
    Department of Philosophy
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Yale University
Department of Philosophy
PhD, 1961
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Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
Philosophy of Action
Philosophy of Mind
Applied Ethics
Normative Ethics
Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
17th/18th Century Philosophy
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Areas of Interest
Philosophy of Action
Philosophy of Mind
Aesthetics
Applied Ethics
Normative Ethics
Social and Political Philosophy
Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
17th/18th Century Philosophy
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  • All publications (157)
  •  22
    Philosophers on Education: New Historical Perspectives (edited book)
    Routledge. 1998.
    _Philosophers on Education_ offers us the most comprehensive available history of philosopher's views and impacts on the directions of education. As Amelie Rorty explains, in describing a history of education, we are essentially describing and gaining the clearest understanding of the issues that presently concern and divide us. The essays in this stellar collection are written by some of the finest comtemporary philosophers. Those interested in history of philosophy, epistemology, moral psychol…Read more
    _Philosophers on Education_ offers us the most comprehensive available history of philosopher's views and impacts on the directions of education. As Amelie Rorty explains, in describing a history of education, we are essentially describing and gaining the clearest understanding of the issues that presently concern and divide us. The essays in this stellar collection are written by some of the finest comtemporary philosophers. Those interested in history of philosophy, epistemology, moral psychology and education, and political theory will find _Philosophers on Education_ to be both an engaging and fascinating read.
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    The Place of Contemplation in Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics
    In Essays on Aristotle’s Ethics, University of California Press. pp. 377-394. 1980.
  •  7
    Akrasia and Pleasure: Nicomachean Ethics Book 7
    In Essays on Aristotle’s Ethics, University of California Press. pp. 267-284. 1980.
  •  387
    Perspectives on Self-Deception
    with Brian P. McLaughlin
    University of California Press. 1988.
    Students of philosophy, psychology, sociology, and literature will welcome this collection of original essays on self-deception and related phenomena such as wishful thinking, bad faith, and false consciousness. The book has six sections, each exploring self-deception and related phenomena from a different perspective.
    Self-DeceptionRichard RortyThe Unity of Consciousness
  •  55
    Essays on Aristotle’s Ethics (edited book)
    University of California Press. 1980.
    Aristotle's _Nicomachean Ethics_ deals with character and its proper development in the acquisition of thoughtful habits directed toward appropriate ends. The articles in this unique collection, many new or not readily available, form a continuos commentary on the _Ethics_. Philosophers and classicists alike will welcome them.
  • Spinoza on the Pathos of Idolatrous Love and the Hilarity of True Love
    In Genevieve Lloyd (ed.), Feminism and history of philosophy, Oxford University Press. 2002.
  •  160
    'Pride produces the idea of self': Hume on moral agency
    Australasian Journal of Philosophy 68 (3). 1990.
    This Article does not have an abstract
    Hume: Value TheoryHume: Philosophy of MindPrideRichard RortyHume: Metaphysics
  •  9
    Contributors
    In Essays on Descartes’ Meditations, University of California Press. pp. 535-536. 1986.
  •  10
    General Bibliography
    In Essays on Descartes’ Meditations, University of California Press. 1986.
  •  13
    Chronology
    In Essays on Descartes’ Meditations, University of California Press. 1986.
  •  10
    Preface
    In Essays on Descartes’ Meditations, University of California Press. 1986.
  •  15
    Frontmatter
    In Essays on Descartes’ Meditations, University of California Press. 1986.
  •  18
    Contents
    In Essays on Descartes’ Meditations, University of California Press. 1986.
  •  16
    Introduction
    In Essays on Aristotle’s Ethics, University of California Press. pp. 1-6. 1980.
  •  10
    Eight. The Goodness of Searching: Good as What? Good for What? Good for Whom?
    In Ruth W. Grant (ed.), In Search of Goodness, University of Chicago Press. pp. 156-172. 2019.
  •  8
    The Historicity of Psychological Attitudes: Love Is Not Love Which Alters Not When It Alteration Finds
    In Neera Kapur Badhwar (ed.), Friendship: A Philosophical Reader, Cornell University Press. pp. 73-88. 1993.
  •  4
    Philosophers on Education: New Historical Perspectives (edited book)
    Routledge. 2005.
    _Philosophers on Education_ offers us the most comprehensive available history of philosopher's views and impacts on the directions of education. As Amelie Rorty explains, in describing a history of education, we are essentially describing and gaining the clearest understanding of the issues that presently concern and divide us. The essays in this stellar collection are written by some of the finest comtemporary philosophers. Those interested in history of philosophy, epistemology, moral psychol…Read more
    _Philosophers on Education_ offers us the most comprehensive available history of philosopher's views and impacts on the directions of education. As Amelie Rorty explains, in describing a history of education, we are essentially describing and gaining the clearest understanding of the issues that presently concern and divide us. The essays in this stellar collection are written by some of the finest comtemporary philosophers. Those interested in history of philosophy, epistemology, moral psychology and education, and political theory will find _Philosophers on Education_ to be both an engaging and fascinating read.
    Richard RortyPhilosophy of EducationAutonomy in Applied EthicsAutonomy in Political Theories
  •  26
    Essays on Aristotle's De Anima
    with Martha C. Nussbaum
    Clarendon Press. 1995.
    De Anima is one of the most influential and widely-studied of Aristotle's works; this volume offers stimulating discussions of all aspects of this work by leading philosophers, including, in this paperback edition, a new essay by Myles Burnyeat. Covering topics such as the relation between soul and body, sense-perception, imagination, memory, desire, and thought, the essays present the philosophical substance of Aristotle's views to the modern reader.
  •  93
    Kant's Idea for a universal history with a cosmopolitan aim: a critical guide (edited book)
    with James Schmidt
    Cambridge University Press. 2009.
    Lively current debates about narratives of historical progress, the conditions for international justice, and the implications of globalisation have prompted a renewed interest in Kant's Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Aim. The essays in this volume, written by distinguished contributors, discuss the questions that are at the core of Kant's investigations. Does the study of history convey any philosophical insight? Can it provide political guidance? How are we to understand the …Read more
    Lively current debates about narratives of historical progress, the conditions for international justice, and the implications of globalisation have prompted a renewed interest in Kant's Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Aim. The essays in this volume, written by distinguished contributors, discuss the questions that are at the core of Kant's investigations. Does the study of history convey any philosophical insight? Can it provide political guidance? How are we to understand the destructive and bloody upheavals that constitute so much of human experience? What connections, if any, can be traced between politics, economics, and morality? What is the relation between the rule of law in the nation state and the advancement of a cosmopolitan political order? These questions and others are examined and discussed in a book that will be of interest to philosophers, social and political theorists, and intellectual and cultural historians
    Philosophy of HistoryKant: Philosophy of HistoryKant: Social, Political and Religious Thought, Misc
  •  18
    Introduction
    In Identities of Persons, University of California Press. pp. 1-16. 1976.
  •  26
    Bibliography
    In Identities of Persons, University of California Press. pp. 325-333. 1976.
  •  21
    Introduction
    with Brian P. McLaughlin
    In Brian P. McLaughlin & Amélie Oksenberg Rorty (eds.), Perspectives on Self-Deception, University of California Press. pp. 1-8. 1988.
  •  53
    A Literary Postscript: Characters, Persons, Selves, Individuals
    In Identities of Persons, University of California Press. pp. 301-324. 1976.
  •  113
    Identities of Persons
    University of California Press. 1976.
    In this volume, thirteen philosophers contribute new essays analyzing the criteria for personal identity and their import on ethics and the theory of action: it presents contemporary treatments of the issues discussed in Personal Identity, edited by John Perry (University of California Press, 1975).
  •  485
    Essays on Aristotle's Ethics (edited book)
    University of California Press. 1981.
    Aristotle's _Nicomachean Ethics_ deals with character and its proper development in the acquisition of thoughtful habits directed toward appropriate ends. The articles in this unique collection, many new or not readily available, form a continuos commentary on the _Ethics_. Philosophers and classicists alike will welcome them.
    Aristotle
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    20. The Place of Contemplation in Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics
    In Amélie Oksenberg Rorty (ed.), Essays on Aristotle's Ethics, University of California Press. pp. 377-394. 1981.
    Aristotle
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    15. Akrasia and Pleasure: Nicomachean Ethics Book 7
    In Amélie Oksenberg Rorty (ed.), Essays on Aristotle's Ethics, University of California Press. pp. 267-284. 1981.
    History: PleasureAristotle: Ethics
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    22. Cartesian Passions and the Union of Mind and Body
    In Essays on Descartes’ Meditations, University of California Press. pp. 513-534. 1986.
  •  32
    1. The Structure of Descartes’ Meditations
    In Amélie Oksenberg Rorty (ed.), Essays on Descartes’ Meditations, University of California Press. pp. 1-20. 1986.
    René Descartes
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    The Identities of Persons
    with Christopher Peacocke
    Philosophical Review 87 (3): 456. 1978.
    Persons
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