Description: Provides a novel reading of the relations between two central philosophical disciplines - metaphysics and ethics, from a pragmatist perspective.
Brief description: Sami Pihlström is Professor of Philosophy of Religion at the University of Helsinki, Finland. His previous publications include Pragmatism and Philosophical Anthropology (Peter Lang, 1998), Naturalizing the Transcendental: A Pragmatic View (Prometheus, 2003) and Pragmatic Moral Realism (Rodopi, 2005). He is a board member of the Central European Pragmatist Forum and the Nordic Pragmatism Network.
Review Quotes: "A good primer for those with some background and interest in pragmatism and metaphysics, and who would like to see the latter tailored to the former, Philstrom's book makes for a good resource." --American Journal of Theology & Philosophy