Rorty Died???

Oh, hell. Obit 1. Obit 2 by way of comments. Obit 3 in which it sounds as if I shouldn't have argued against him so much, and yet, I had to.

He said, close upon his death:

Asked at the end of his life about the "holy", the strict atheist answered with words reminiscent of the young Hegel: "My sense of the holy is bound up with the hope that some day my remote descendants will live in a global civilization in which love is pretty much the only law." -- from H's obit below.

Man. Ouf. My condolences to the family, the friends, to JP whom I am sure is broken hearted. While I was one cautious of Rorty's rhetoric, which I think often overly ironized his purposes, we have lost one of our finest voices for thought, and, on some readings, for hope.

Richard, to you a quick and easy return.

And, take heart, another generation arrives.

Habermas says 'Bye.

The Chronicle.

The New Repbulic (gets at why i was hestiant)

NYT

Come to remember, I once had a rowdy-grand convo at an Old 97s show at Trees (which is also dead now) re:Rorty. It doesn't matter whether you agree, it matters whether someone's work makes you think harder.