rorty vs. dennett

On 27 ago, 17:42, wrote:
''At a one three-hour lunch in a fine restaurant in Buenos Aires, we
[Dennett and Rorty] traded notes on what we thought philosophy ought
to be, could be, shouldn't be, and he revealed something that I might
have guessed but had never thought of. I had said that it mattered
greatly to me to have the respect of scientists--that it was important
to me to explain philosophical issues to scientists in terms they
could understand and appreciate. Rorty replied that he didn't give a
damn what scientists thought of his work; he coveted the attention and
respect of poets!''