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Richard Rorty born digital files, 1988-2003

About this Collection

Richard Rorty (1931-2007) was a pragmatist philosopher, critical theorist, and public intellectual. Included in this collection are electronic word-processing files, created between 1988 and 2003. The files were retrieved from Rorty's 3.5" floppy disks and converted to PDF format in order to facilitate preservation and access.

Included are letters, many drafts of writings, lecture notes, syllabi, and exams. Also included are bibliographies of his work, a few administrative files, and a couple of documents relating to his children. This collection also contains drafts of writings done by some of his peers and colleagues. Researchers will notice some data loss and corruption has occurred in some of the earliest files. The collection has metadata-only public access, please contact the contribution institution directly for full access.
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