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

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsPrologue: A sense of the issueIntroductionPart One: The Defense and Application of Relativism1. The nature and strategies of relativism2. Historicism and universalism3. Objectivism and relativism4. Rationality and realism5. Realism and relativismPart Two: Foundations and the recovery of pragmatism6. The legitimation of realism7. Pragmatism without foundations8. A sense of rapprochement between Analytic and Continental European philosophy9. Cognitive issues in the realist-idealist dispute10. Skepticism, foundationalism, and pragmatism11. Scientific realism as a transcendental issueEpilogueIndex

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

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsPrologue: A sense of the issueIntroductionPart One: The Defense and Application of Relativism1. The nature and strategies of relativism2. Historicism and universalism3. Objectivism and relativism4. Rationality and realism5. Realism and relativismPart Two: Foundations and the recovery of pragmatism6. The legitimation of realism7. Pragmatism without foundations8. A sense of rapprochement between Analytic and Continental European philosophy9. Cognitive issues in the realist-idealist dispute10. Skepticism, foundationalism, and pragmatism11. Scientific realism as a transcendental issueEpilogueIndex

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

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsPrologue: A sense of the issueIntroductionPart One: The Defense and Application of Relativism1. The nature and strategies of relativism2. Historicism and universalism3. Objectivism and relativism4. Rationality and realism5. Realism and relativismPart Two: Foundations and the recovery of pragmatism6. The legitimation of realism7. Pragmatism without foundations8. A sense of rapprochement between Analytic and Continental European philosophy9. Cognitive issues in the realist-idealist dispute10. Skepticism, foundationalism, and pragmatism11. Scientific realism as a transcendental issueEpilogueIndex