Richard Ishmael McKinney, founder of Morgan State University’s philosophy department and a former president of Storer College in Harpers Ferry, W. Va., died of an apparent heart attack Friday ...

American philosopher Richard Rorty who is based at Stanford University, CA, USA, sits before his address entitled "philosophy and democracy" in Tehran, Iran, on Saturday June 12, 2004.

The noted philosopher Richard Rorty died on Friday in Palo Alto, Calif., after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 75. During his career, Mr. Rorty held positions at Princeton University, the ...

This type of perspective is my understanding of what Richards meant by his term philosophy as a concept distinct from academic philosophy. I cite Richards' comment, not so much because I intend to ...

Richard Rorty, 75; Leading U.S ... Stanford University -- he championed the application of philosophy beyond academic corridors and hoped to influence public discussions of democracy and liberalism.

Stanford University Professor Richard Rorty, one of the most famous -- and controversial -- philosophers of modern times, will deliver the Department of History's annual Eugene Lunn Lecture at 7:30 ...