Joseph Margolis is Laura H. Carnell Professor of Philosophy at Temple University. His most recent publications include Re-inventing Pragmatism (2002), The Unraveling fo Scientism (2003), Moral Philosophy after 9/11 (2004) and Introduction to Philosophical Problems (2006).

"Margolis's text will continue to be of interest to advanced scholars in all areas of contemporary philosophy. Summing up: Recommended. Graduate students and faculty/researchers." -CHOICE

• Preface; Acknowledgements; Prologue: A sense of the issue; Introduction; Part One: The Defense and Application of Relativism; 1. The nature and strategies of relativism; 2. Historicism and universalism; 3. Objectivism and relativism; 4. Rationality and realism; 5. Realism and relativism; Part Two: Foundations and the recovery of pragmatism; 6. The legitimation of realism; 7. Pragmatism without foundations; 8. A sense of rapprochement between Analytic and Continental European philosophy; 9. Cognitive issues in the realist-idealist dispute; 10. Skepticism, foundationalism, and pragmatism; 11. Scientific realism as a transcendental issue; Epilogue; Index.

Joseph Margolis is Laura H. Carnell Professor of Philosophy at Temple University. His most recent publications include Re-inventing Pragmatism (2002), The Unraveling fo Scientism (2003), Moral Philosophy after 9/11 (2004) and Introduction to Philosophical Problems (2006).

"Margolis's text will continue to be of interest to advanced scholars in all areas of contemporary philosophy. Summing up: Recommended. Graduate students and faculty/researchers." -CHOICE

• Preface; Acknowledgements; Prologue: A sense of the issue; Introduction; Part One: The Defense and Application of Relativism; 1. The nature and strategies of relativism; 2. Historicism and universalism; 3. Objectivism and relativism; 4. Rationality and realism; 5. Realism and relativism; Part Two: Foundations and the recovery of pragmatism; 6. The legitimation of realism; 7. Pragmatism without foundations; 8. A sense of rapprochement between Analytic and Continental European philosophy; 9. Cognitive issues in the realist-idealist dispute; 10. Skepticism, foundationalism, and pragmatism; 11. Scientific realism as a transcendental issue; Epilogue; Index.

Joseph Margolis is Laura H. Carnell Professor of Philosophy at Temple University. His most recent publications include Re-inventing Pragmatism (2002), The Unraveling fo Scientism (2003), Moral Philosophy after 9/11 (2004) and Introduction to Philosophical Problems (2006).

"Margolis's text will continue to be of interest to advanced scholars in all areas of contemporary philosophy. Summing up: Recommended. Graduate students and faculty/researchers." -CHOICE

• Preface; Acknowledgements; Prologue: A sense of the issue; Introduction; Part One: The Defense and Application of Relativism; 1. The nature and strategies of relativism; 2. Historicism and universalism; 3. Objectivism and relativism; 4. Rationality and realism; 5. Realism and relativism; Part Two: Foundations and the recovery of pragmatism; 6. The legitimation of realism; 7. Pragmatism without foundations; 8. A sense of rapprochement between Analytic and Continental European philosophy; 9. Cognitive issues in the realist-idealist dispute; 10. Skepticism, foundationalism, and pragmatism; 11. Scientific realism as a transcendental issue; Epilogue; Index.