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This is the revised text of a paper given to the conference “Richard Rorty, Politics and Postmodernism”, held in London on 30 September 1995.
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—Supra n.2,, at 129.
—Supra n.23,, 146, 180.
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—Supra n.23,, at 198.
—Supra n.23,, at 189–98.
—Supra n.2,. at 112–34.
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—This paragraph summarizessupra n.32, at 76–78.
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Geras, N. Progress without foundations?. Res Publica 2, 115–128 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02335715
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