Heidegger and Rorty present two of the most controversial philosophical options in the 20th century. Both agreements and disagreements are discernible in these two philosophers who come from distinct traditions in thought. Heidegger's philosophy, centered on the problem of being, seems to have little in common with Rorty's symbiosis between liberalism and pragmatism. Heidegger and Rorty, nonetheless, become akin in their criticisms of metaphysical tradition, and, in general, of rationalism and universalism. Furthermore, it is through Heidegger's and Rorty's comparative analysis that we can have a vision of a widening world revealed through the postmetaphysical sign.