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Mind-body, realism and Rorty's therapy

Review article on richard rorty,Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature (Princeton University Press, 1979)

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    Victoria Choy

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This essay was partially supported by a grant from the University of Maryland Graduate Research Board. I wish to thank R. Miller, J. Levinson and especially D. Luban for their helpful criticisms and suggestions.

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Choy, V. Mind-body, realism and Rorty's therapy. Synthese 52, 515–541 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00869566

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