Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity
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Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity is a 1989 philosophical work by Richard Rorty that develops his postmodern, anti-essentialist vision of liberalism grounded in irony, historical contingency, and human solidarity.
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| Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity canonical | 4 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity Context triple: [Richard Rorty, notableWork, Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity]
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A.
The Uses of Argument
The Uses of Argument is a foundational work in informal logic and argumentation theory in which Stephen Toulmin introduces his influential model for analyzing practical reasoning.
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B.
Between Facts and Norms
Between Facts and Norms is a major work of political and legal philosophy by Jürgen Habermas that develops a theory of deliberative democracy and the legitimacy of law through communicative rationality.
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C.
Toulmin model of argumentation
The Toulmin model of argumentation is a framework for analyzing and constructing arguments by breaking them into components such as claim, data, warrant, backing, qualifier, and rebuttal.
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D.
The Logic of Practice
The Logic of Practice is a major sociological work by Pierre Bourdieu that develops his influential theories of habitus, field, and symbolic power to explain how social practices are structured and reproduced.
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E.
Paradoxes of plurality
Paradoxes of plurality are a set of arguments by Zeno of Elea that challenge the coherence of the concepts of plurality and divisibility in space and time.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity Target entity description: Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity is a 1989 philosophical work by Richard Rorty that develops his postmodern, anti-essentialist vision of liberalism grounded in irony, historical contingency, and human solidarity.
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A.
The Uses of Argument
The Uses of Argument is a foundational work in informal logic and argumentation theory in which Stephen Toulmin introduces his influential model for analyzing practical reasoning.
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B.
Between Facts and Norms
Between Facts and Norms is a major work of political and legal philosophy by Jürgen Habermas that develops a theory of deliberative democracy and the legitimacy of law through communicative rationality.
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C.
Toulmin model of argumentation
The Toulmin model of argumentation is a framework for analyzing and constructing arguments by breaking them into components such as claim, data, warrant, backing, qualifier, and rebuttal.
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D.
The Logic of Practice
The Logic of Practice is a major sociological work by Pierre Bourdieu that develops his influential theories of habitus, field, and symbolic power to explain how social practices are structured and reproduced.
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E.
Paradoxes of plurality
Paradoxes of plurality are a set of arguments by Zeno of Elea that challenge the coherence of the concepts of plurality and divisibility in space and time.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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philosophical work ⓘ |
| aimsTo | reconcile postmodernism with liberalism ⓘ |
| author | Richard Rorty ⓘ |
| centralClaim |
liberalism can be justified without metaphysical foundations
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solidarity is built through expanding our sense of "we" ⓘ there is no ahistorical, essential human nature ⓘ vocabularies are contingent and historically produced ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
contingency of community
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contingency of language ⓘ contingency of self ⓘ liberal ironist intellectual ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| criticizes |
essentialism
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foundationalism ⓘ traditional metaphysics ⓘ |
| dividedInto | three parts ⓘ |
| genre |
moral philosophy
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philosophy ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Contingency of Language
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Contingency of Selfhood ⓘ Contingency of a Liberal Community ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Friedrich Nietzsche
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Jacques Derrida ⓘ John Dewey ⓘ Ludwig Wittgenstein ⓘ Martin Heidegger ⓘ Michel Foucault ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
anti-essentialism
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contingency ⓘ irony ⓘ liberalism ⓘ postmodernism ⓘ pragmatism ⓘ solidarity ⓘ |
| notableFor |
formulation of the liberal ironist
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influence on contemporary political theory ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
American pragmatism
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linked to:
American pragmatist movement
postmodern philosophy ⓘ |
| proposes | liberal ironist ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1989 ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Achieving Our Country
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Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature ⓘ |
| supports |
liberal democracy
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pluralism ⓘ tolerance ⓘ |
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