Pragmatism, Metaphysics and Culture

Reflections on the Philosophy of Joseph Margolis

Edited by Dirk-Martin Grube and Robert Sinclair

Nordic Studies in Pragmatism 2

November, 2015
347 + vii pp.
ISBN 978-952-67497-1-6

Description

This volume contains revised versions of papers presented at the conference Metaphysics of Culture — The Philosophy of Joseph Margolis held in Helsinki, Finland, May 20–21, 2013, as well as several other contributions including Margolis’s own responses to each paper.

Full contents

• Metaphysics of Culture – Reflections on the Philosophy of Joseph Margolis (pdf)

Chapters

• Title and Contents

• Preface

• Introduction

 

• Toward a Metaphysics of Culture
  Joseph Margolis

Part I – Pragmatism

• 2. Margolis’s Pragmatism of Continuity
  David Hildebrand

• 3. Margolis on the Progress of Pragmatism
  Dale Jacquette

• 4. The Poverty of Neo-Pragmatism: Rorty, Putnam, and Margolis on Realism and Relativism
  Phillip Honenberger

• 5. ”Languaged” World, ”Worlded” Language: On Margolis’s Pragmatic Integration of Realism and Idealism
  Sami Pihlström

Part II – Margolis and Other Philosophers

• 6. Margolis and Popper on Cultural Entities
  Ilkka Niiniluoto

• 7. In Defense of Transcendentalism: Vestiges of Kantianism in Margolis’ Naturalism
  Mirja Hartimo

• 8. Margolis on Quine: Naturalized Epistemology and the Problem of Evidence
  Robert Sinclair

• 9. Protagoras and Margolis on the Viability of Ancient Relativism
  Ugo Zilioli

Part III – Art, Culture, and Religion

• 10. How Artistic Creativity is Possible for Cultural Agents
  Aili W. Bresnahan

• 11. Experiencing Culture: Reconsidering the Danto/Margolis Debate
  Russell Pryba

• 12. Margolis’s Critique of Bivalence and its Consequences for the Theory of Action and a Pluralist Theory of Religion
  Dirk-Martin Grube

Part IV – Margolis Responds

• 13. Replies
  Joseph Margolis