This book became a collection of interviews because Alejandro Sierra, the director of Trotta, the Spanish publishing house that published the Spanish version of this collection, was enthusiastic and supportive of my efforts to have Rorty translated. Without his support and patience this book would not have come together. I must also thank Helen Tartar, who took the project under her wing. I am sorry that she is no longer at Stanford University Press to see it published. In selecting,

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... , and putting together these interviews, I have met, if only via e-mail, some wonderful individuals, whose support and work has been indispensable. I am especially grateful to James Ryerson, who granted me permission to use his profile and interview with Rorty from the now defunct Lingua Franca. Chronis Polychroniou shared with me two long interviews that he had