Reviews for John Stuart Mill: Thought and Influence - A Bicentennial Reappraisal

The average rating for John Stuart Mill: Thought and Influence - A Bicentennial Reappraisal based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-01-14 00:00:00 Jose A Machado For me that I am overly familiar with Rorty's books it was a useful book, mostly because it confirmed and somewhat expanded my image of him, helped me track some hopefully useful quotations and introduced me to some interplay with other philosophers. But as the only other reviewer here (Rob) noted, it's hard to see this book as an introduction to Rorty and it's also hard to see it as adding something new to Rorty's thinking.

Review # 2 was written on 2015-01-14 00:00:00 Noel Gassett I'm not sure exactly what the point of this book was supposed to be. I'm fairly familiar with Rorty's work myself, and it seems to me that this book was just an extended butt-kissing session. It tried so hard to be an introduction, explanation, and defense of Rorty at the same time that it missed the mark on all three. It's certainly more of a discussion of work *about* Rorty than about any of Rorty's work itself, yet the author takes great pains to try to convince you otherwise. If you've already read some of Rorty's works and want to hear "the same" thing sung in a slightly different key, you might find this interesting. Otherwise your time would be much better spent reading Rorty's books themselves and forming your own opinion. This was too much like a salesman trying to pitch another salesman.