Everything Postmodern: postmodern thinkers.





The Thinkers A - G H - L M - Z Marx \| Nietzsche \| Rorty \| Said \| Sartre \| Wittgenstein \| Fredrich Nietzsche Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies. Human-all-too-Human Resources Journal of Nietzsche Studies --archives from 1991-1998. Nietzsche Aphorism Page --new wit enlaced aphorism with each click of the mouse. Fredrich Nietzsche Society -- founded in 1990 its aim is to promote the study of the life, work and influence of Friedrich Nietzsche. Nietzsche --links to online articles and reiviews. Essay's and Interviews The Antichrist --"This book belongs to the most rare of men. Perhaps not one of them is yet alive." On the Genealogy of Morals --excerpts from translation by Walter Kaufmann. Richard Rorty The traditional philosophical pursuit of ultimate, transcendental, foundational knowledge is not a valid or desirable enterprise. Philosophy can not justify any program of political reform. Philosophy -like rhetorics- makes different world descriptions only look attractive. Our vocabularies can not be grounded in an appeal to "objectivity". The pragmatic alternative sees legitimation as "solidarity" or culture. Resources Richard Rorty's Homepage --his Stanford faculty page. He has posted his latest manuscripts and some biographical material. Richard Rorty --an introduction. Essay's and Interviews A Talent for Bricolage --a 1995 interview by Joshua Knobe originally published in The Dualist. Scan down to find why R thinks he's become notorious. Consequences of Pragmatism --excerpt : introduction. Ludwig Wittgenstein My propositions serve as elucidations in the following way : anyone who understands me eventually recognizes them as nonsensical, when he has used them -as steps- to climb up beyond them. (He must, so to speak, throw away the ladder after he has climbed up it). He must transcend these propositions, and then will he see the world aright. What we cannot speak about we must pass over in silence. TLP 6.54, 7 Resources Introduction to Wittgenstein's Philosophy --overview of Wittgenstein's thought by David Pears. Wittgenstein --bio from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Wittgenstein Archives --contains samples, transcriptions, and working papers as well as complete machine-readable version of Nachlaß. Essay's and Interviews Philosophical Investigations --online text with commentary. Wittgenstein Think Page --with fragments from Philosophical Investigations. Nothing else? people, people!