The first part of the chapter describes the two main contesting stories about the relationship between pragmatism and analytic philosophy that motivates the book. On the one hand, there is the received eclipse view, according to which pragmatism—and especially the Deweyan kind—has been marginalized by analytic philosophers, who have not engaged with it seriously from the inside. On the other hand, there is the more recent, alternative view, according to which there is not only an unbroken continuity between pragmatism and analytic philosophy but the marginalization of Dewey’s pragmatism is perfectly justified since his conception of philosophy as politics made him uninterested in articulating his own ideas or engaging with others’ ideas from the inside. This part of the chapter also justifies this book’s focus and explains how the distinction between internal and external criticism is used as a means of analysis throughout the book. The second part of the chapter summarizes the main contents of the book’s different chapters while describing the criteria underlying the selection of the six analytic philosophers examined in the book. As part of the justification for selecting just these six philosophers, the section also presents a brief overview of the discussions surrounding the idea of analytic philosophy. The final part of the chapter summarizes the book’s conclusion.