«Un mobile esercito di metafore»: osservazioni su Rorty e l’interpretazione neopragmatista di Nietzsche

This contribution aims to offer a brief reconstruction and interpretation of the reception of Nietzsche’s philosophy in the context of neopragmatism, with a specific focus on one of the leading figures of contemporary pragmatist thinking: Richard Rorty. In the first part of my contribution I outline a sketch, in general, of the great importance of the legacy of Nietzsche’s thought in twentieth-century philosophy. Then, in the second part of my contribution, I particularly focus my attention on Rorty’s original (but, to some extent, also problematic) interpretation of Nietzsche, explaining how the latter has been especially characterized by a great emphasis on the role played by language and interpretation in our comprehension of the real and in our interaction with the world.