Which book of Rorty's was published in 1979?
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Answer
Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature is a book by American philosopher Richard Rorty, published in 1979. The book argues that the traditional philosophical quest for a "mirror of nature"—a set of objective truths about the world that can be discovered by reason—is misguided. Rorty argues that there is no such thing as objective truth, and that all knowledge is relative to our own language and culture.
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