Rorty, language and the philosophy of science

The aim of the paper is to analyze the consequences of R. Rorty's pragmatic cum linguistic turn for the understanding of natural and human sciences. The author analyzes first this turn and tries to show that it represents an intersubjectivist type of antirealism. Then he deals with Rorty's approach to hermeneutics and his understanding of its place in natural and human sciences. Finally, he discusses the consequences of Rorty's intersubjectivist antirealism for human sciences and tries to show that, on one hand, it represents the philosophical basis of the so-called idealism of interpretative human science and on the other hand, it enables us to see the latter's foundations from a new, fresh perspective.