To begin I must apologize for not being able to present carefully worked out comments on Richard Rorty's thoughtful and stimulating paper. I explained to the organizers of the colloquium in advance that, for reasons beyond my control, I would be unable to prepare extensive comments unless the paper were available to me before the middle of May. Considering the richness and complexity of Professor Rorty's argumentation, it is certainly no surprise that the paper arrived much later. So, as is usually the case, richness on one side means poverty on the other: I will have to confine myself to a few remarks. They can be taken as a list of theses, questions and objections that, although in need of further support, raise issues which may be of interest at some later point in our discussion.