Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature

Richard McKay Rorty (1932-2007) is the American neo-pragmatist. Criticizing the prevalent issues of traditional philosophy such as truth، knowledge، objectivity، logic and philosophy، he considers epistemology a modern subject which emerged via forging the mind by Rene Descartes. In his view، separation of mind–body is an unprecedented matter created in Descartes philosophy. He thinks that، in creating such a matter، Descartes was aided by the big and strong image of human mind as a large mirror which reflects the world. Rorty states that this image is not trustable. This study investigates the view of Rorty about mind and body. The main hypothesis of this study is that Rorty does not seek solution for selecting monism or dualism or other view، and thus he prefers the annulling approach to solving approach.