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

Pragmatism, Metaphysics and Culture

Reflections on the Philosophy of Joseph Margolis

Edited by Dirk-Martin Grube and Robert Sinclair

Nordic Studies in Pragmatism 2

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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.

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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