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Current Position: Laura H. Carnell Professor of Philosophy, Temple University.
Degrees: M.A. in Philosophy, Columbia University, 1950; Ph.D. in Philosophy, Columbia University, 1953
Joseph Margolis was born on 16 May 1924 in Newark, New Jersey. He received his MA in philosophy in 1950, followed by his PhD in philosophy in 1953, both from Columbia. His dissertation was titled "The Art of Freedom: An Essay in Ethical Theory." Margolis taught philosophy at numerous institutions including Long Island University (1947-1956), the University of South Carolina (1956-1958), the University of Cincinnati (1960-1964), and the University of Western Ontario (1965-1967). Since 1968, he has been a professor of philosophy at Temple University, where he has held the honorary title of Laura H. Carnell Professor of Philosophy since 1991. He has also been visiting professor at Northwestern University, the University of California at Berkeley, University of Toronto, and New York University. Margolis is a member of several national and international philosophical organizations, and served as President of the American Society for Aesthetics during 1987-1989. He also holds the title of Honorary Lifetime Member of the International Association of Aesthetics. He has served on the editorial boards of many journals including American Philosophical Quarterly and The Monist. [ from entry by Robert E. Money, Jr. in the Dictionary of Modern American Philosophers (2005) ]
On Margolis:
Interpretation, Relativism, and the Metaphysics of Culture: Themes in the Philosophy of Joseph Margolis. Edited by Michael Krausz and Richard Shusterman. Humanity Books (1999).
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JOSEPH MARGOLIS
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WRITINGS OF JOSEPH MARGOLIS
BOOKS AUTHORED
Margolis, Joseph. The Cultural Space of the Arts and the Infelicities of Reductionism. New York: Columbia University Press, 2010.
Margolis, Joseph. Pragmatism's advantage: American and European philosophy at the end of the twentieth century. Stanford, Cal.: Stanford University Press, 2010.
Margolis, Joseph. Culture and cultural entities: toward a new unity of science, 2nd edn (1st edn. 1984). Dordrecht: Springer, 2009.
Margolis, Joseph. On Aesthetics. Belmont, Cal.: Wadworth, 2008.
Margolis, Joseph. The Arts and the Definition of the Human: Toward a Philosophical Anthropology. Stanford, Cal.: Stanford University Press, 2008.
Margolis, Joseph. Pragmatism Without Foundations: Reconciling Realism and Relativism, 2nd edn. (first published in 1986). London and New York: Continuum, 2007.
Margolis, Joseph. Introduction to Philosophical Problems. London and New York: Continuum, 2006.
Margolis, Joseph. Moral Philosophy after 9/11. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2004.
Margolis, Joseph. Selves and Other Texts: The Case for Cultural Realism. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2003.
Margolis, Joseph. The Unraveling of Scientism: American Philosophy at the End of the Twentieth Century. Ithica, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 2003.
Margolis, Joseph. Reinventing Pragmatism: American Philosophy at the End of the Twentieth Century. Ithica, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 2002.
Margolis, Joseph. The Quarrel between Invariance and Flux: A Vade Mecum for Philosophers and Other Players. With Jacques Catudal. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2001.
Margolis, Joseph. What, After All, Is a Work of Art? Lectures in the Philosophy of Art. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1999. xxii+ 143pp. Reprinted, 2009.
Margolis, Joseph. A Second-Best Morality. The Lindley Lecture, University of Kansas, 14 October 1997. Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1998. 26pp.
Margolis, Joseph. Life without Principles: Reconciling Theory and Practice. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1996. x + 262pp.
Margolis, Joseph. Historied Thought, Constructed World: A Conceptual Primer for the Turn of the Millennium. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1995. x + 377pp.
Margolis, Joseph. Interpretation Radical But Not Unruly: The New Puzzle of the Arts and History. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1995. xiii + 312pp.
Margolis, Joseph. The Flux of History and the Flux of Science. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993. x + 238pp.
Margolis, Joseph. The Truth about Relativism. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1991. xvi + 224pp.
Margolis, Joseph. Texts without Referents: Reconciling Science and Narrative. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1989. xxiv + 386pp.
Margolis, Joseph. Science without Unity: Reconciling the Natural and the Human Sciences. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1987. xxii + 470pp.
Margolis, Joseph. Psychology: Designing the Discipline. With Peter Manicas, Rom Harré, and Paul Secord. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1986. viii + 168pp.
Margolis, Joseph. Pragmatism without Foundations: Reconciling Relativism and Realism. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1986. xx + 320pp.
Margolis, Joseph. Culture and Cultural Entities. Dordrecht: D. Reidel, 1984. xiv + 162pp.
Margolis, Joseph. Philosophy of Psychology. Foundations of Philosophy Series. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1984. xvi + 107pp.
Margolis, Joseph. Art and Philosophy. Atlantic Highlands, N.J.: Humanities Press; Hassocks: Harvester Press, 1980. xiii + 350pp.
Margolis, Joseph. Persons and Minds. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science. Dordrecht: D. Reidel, 1978. x + 301pp. Translated into Russian, (Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1986), 419pp.
Margolis, Joseph. Negativities: The Limits of Life. Columbus, Ohio: Charles Merrill, 1975. ix + 166pp.
Margolis, Joseph. Knowledge and Existence: An Introduction to Philosophical Problems. New York: Oxford University Press, 1973. xiv + 289pp.
Margolis, Joseph. Values and Conduct. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1971. x + 227pp.
Margolis, Joseph. Psychotherapy and Morality: A Study of Two Concepts. New York: Random House, 1966. xii + 174pp.
Margolis, Joseph. The Language of Art and Art Criticism: Analytic Questions in Aesthetics. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1965. 201pp.
Margolis, Joseph. The Art of Freedom: An Essay in Ethical Theory. Dissertation, Columbia University, 1953.
BOOKS AND JOURNAL ISSUES EDITED
History, Historicity and Science. Edited with Tom Rockmore. Aldershot, UK and Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate, 2006.
A Companion to Pragmatism. Edited with John R. Shook. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell, 2006.
The Philosophical Challenge of September 11. Edited with Armen Marsoobian and Tom Rockmore. Oxford: Blackwell, 2003. 260pp.
"The Philosophy of Interpretation." Edited by Joseph Margolis and Tom Rockmore. Metaphilosophy 31.1-2 (January 2000): 1-228. Also published as The Philosophy of Interpretation (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 2000).
A Companion to Aesthetics. Edited by David E. Cooper with advisory editors Joseph Margolis and Crispin Sartwell. Oxford: Blackwell, 1992.
The Heidegger Case: On Philosophy and Politics. Edited by Joseph Margolis and Tom Rockmore Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1992. xii + 437 pp.
"The Ontology of History." Joseph Margolis, Special Editor. The Monist 74.2 (April 1991): 129-292.
"Interpretation." Joseph Margolis, Special Editor. The Monist 73.2 (April 1990): 115-330.
Victor Farías, Heidegger and Nazism. Edited with a Foreword by Joseph Margolis and Tom Rockmore. French materials translated by Paul Burrell, with the advice of Dominic Di Bernardi; German materials translated by Gabriel R. Ricci. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1989. xxi + 368 pp.
Rationality, Relativism, and the Methodology of the Human Sciences. Edited by Joseph Margolis, Michael Krausz, and Richard M. Burian. Dordrecht: Martinus Nijhoff, 1986. viii + 234 pp.
Philosophy Looks at the Arts, 3rd ed. Edited by Joseph Margolis. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1986. xii + 605 pp.
"Is Relativism Defensible?" Joseph Margolis, Special Editor. The Monist 67.3 (July 1984): 291- 482.
The Worlds of Art and the World. Edited by Joseph Margolis. Grazer Philosophische Studien vol. 19. Amsterdam: Rodopi, 1983. viii + 203 pp.
An Introduction to Philosophical Inquiry, 2nd ed. Edited by Joseph Margolis. New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1978. xiv + 679 pp.
Philosophical Looks at the Arts, 2nd ed. Edited by Joseph Margolis. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1978. x + 481 pp.
Fact and Existence. Edited by Joseph Margolis. Proceedings of the University of Western Ontario Philosophy Colloguium, 1966. Oxford: Blackwell; Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1969. viii + 144 pp.
An Introduction to Philosophical Inquiry. Edited by Joseph Margolis. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1968. xii + 942 pp.
Contemporary Ethical Theory. Edited by Joseph Margolis. New York: Random House, 1966. viii + 536 pp.
Philosophy Looks at the Arts. Edited by Joseph Margolis. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1962. x + 235 pp.