Joseph Margolis
Joseph Zalman Margolis (May 16, 1924 – June 8, 2021) was an American philosopher. A radical historicist, he authored many books critical of the central assumptions of Western philosophy, and elaborated a robust form of relativism.
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Margolis at Temple University, 2007 | |
| Born | May 16, 1924 Newark, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | June 8, 2021 (aged 97) |
| Alma mater | Drew University (BA) Columbia University (MA, PhD) |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Historicism Pragmatism |
Main interests | Relativism, Western philosophy, philosophy of art, history, aesthetics |
Notable ideas | Culturally emergent entities, the Flux, robust relativism, second-natured selves |
His philosophical affinities included Protagoras, Hegel, C. S. Peirce, Dewey, Wittgenstein, W.V. Quine, and Foucault.
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