The American analytical philosopher, Richard Rorty died on Friday.
In April 2003, Prospect published a portrait of him by Simon Blackburn.
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Roger Scruton wrote a short theological treatise about truth, which did mention Rorty, for Open Democracy.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/democracy_power/people/richard_rorty_legacy
The funny bit is that Blackburn’s article serves as quite a good retort to Scruton’s commments, despite being written four years earlier.
Don’t you just love conservatism?