The following is a complete list of Rorty's writings published in book format:
In addition, Rorty has published extensively in journals, essay collections, and elsewhere.
Some of the major figures Rorty discusses in the books above are:
John Dewey,
William James,
Martin Heidegger,
Jacques Derrida,
Jurgen Habermas,
John Rawls,
Charles Taylor,
Donald Davidson, and
Ludwig Wittgenstein.
Rorty taught for most of his career at the
University of Virginia and is currently a professor at
Stanford University in the
Comparative Literature department.