Pragmatism without foundations: reconciling realism and relativism

Introduction

The nature and strategies of relativism

Historicism and universalism

Objectivism and relativism

Rationality and realism

Realism and relativism

The legitimation of realism

Pragmatism without foundations

A sense of rapprochement between analytic and continental European philosophy

Cognitive issues in the realist-idealist dispute

Skepticism, foundationalism, and pragmatism

Scientific realism as a transcendental issue

Epilogue : Pragmatism's new options : classic foundations and contemporary solutions.