Richard Rorty Interview (2005)

A fascinating conversation.

The interviewer, Robert Pogue Harrison, was clearly perplexed by Rorty's nonchalant dismissal of philosophical approaches to pressing human problems; Rorty, for his part, had long since abandoned the role of professional philosopher and was now content (near the end of his life) to simply state and restate his not particularly original faith in late 20th century American-style liberal democracy. Harrison exposes the limits of Rorty's thinking but cannot shake his retreat into a Neo-Know-Nothing politics.