Richard Rorty (1931-2007) a fost
profesor „Emeritus" de Literatură Comparată şi Filosofie la Stanford. Dintre
lucrările publicate: Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature (1979), Consequences
of Pragmatism (1982), Contingency, Irony and Solidarity (1988)
(trad. rom. Contingenţă, ironie şi solidaritate, All, 1998), Objectivity,
Relativism and Truth. Philosophical Papers I (1991) (trad. rom. Obiectivitate,
relativism şi adevăr. Eseuri filosofice I, Univers, 2000), Essays on
Heidegger and Others. Philosophical Papers II (1991) (trad. rom. Pragmatism
şi filosofie post-nietzscheană. Eseuri filosofice II, Univers, 2000), Achieving
Our Country: Leftist Thought in Twentieth Century America (1998), Truth
and Progress. Philosophical Papers III (1998) (trad. rom. Adevăr şi
progres, Univers, 2003), Philosophy and Social Hope (2000), Philosophy
as Cultural Politics. Philosophical Papers IV (2007, în curs de apariţie).