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).