Kai Nielsen is emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of Calgary. He is the author of many books and articles on ethics, social and political philosophy, philosophy of religion, and metaphilosophy.
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| Preface and Acknowledgements | p. ix |
| About the Book and Author | p. x |
| The Tradition | p. 1 |
| Subjecting the Tradition to Stress | p. 3 |
| Rorty and the Self-Image of Philosophy | p. 15 |
| How to Be Skeptical About Philosophy | p. 27 |
| The Tradition in Retreat | p. 39 |
| On Being Ontologically Unserious | p. 57 |
| Wittgenstein, Wittgensteinians, and the End of Philosophy | p. 91 |
| New Directions | p. 123 |
| Can There Be Progress in Philosophy? | p. 125 |
| Scientism, Pragmatism, and the Fate of Philosophy | p. 163 |
| Searching for an Emancipatory Perspective: Wide Reflective Equilibrium and the Hermeneutical Circle | p. 195 |
| Wide Reflective Equilibrium and the Transformation of Philosophy | p. 217 |
| In Defense of Wide Reflective Equilibrium | p. 231 |
| Notes | p. 249 |
| Index | p. 271 |
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