The article shows how Clausewitz\u2019s reflections on the nature of war can help us to understand the place of
Richard Rorty in contemporary philosophical debate. Rorty\u2019s postmetaphysical philosophy is thought to be an attack against
the basic idea that reality ought to correspond to the ideals described by philosophers. Pragmatist tradition allows Rorty to
consider philosophy not as epistemology but as a continuous intellectual autobiography
