Objectivity Relativism and Truth Volume 1 Philosophical Papers - Philosophical Papers Author:Richard Rorty In this volume Rorty offers a Deweyan account of objectivity as intersubjectivity, one that drops claims about universal validity and instead focuses on utility for the purposes of a community. The sense in which the natural sciences are exemplary for inquiry is explicated in terms of the moral virtues of scientific communities rather than in te... more »rms of a special scientific method. The volume concludes with reflections on the relation of social democratic politics to philosophy.« less