Poetic Obituaries: [Richard] Rorty, who first

came to the university as a fellow at the Humanities Center in 1996 and then joined the faculty of the Comparative Literature Department in 1998, is one of the most famous and widely read philosophers of the late 20th century.

"He entered the department as this towering figure, perhaps the leading intellectual in the United States," said Russell Berman, chair of the Department of Comparative Literature and the Walter A. Haas Professor in the Humanities.

from Stanford News: Richard Rorty, distinguished public intellectual and controversial philosopher, dead at 75

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