Joseph Margolis

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

Curriculum Vitae

Bibliography

Recent Books:  

The Flux of History and the Flux of Science, University of California Press (1993).

Historied Thought, Constructed World : A Conceptual Primer for the Turn of the Millennium, University of California Press (1995).

Interpretation Radical but Not Unruly: The New Puzzle of the Arts and History, University of California Press (1995).

Reinventing Pragmatism: American Philosophy at the End of the Twentieth Century, Cornell University Press (2002).

Interpretation, Relativism, and the Metaphysics of Culture: Themes in the Philosophy of Joseph Margolis. Edited by Michael Krausz and Richard Shusterman. Humanity Books (1999).

CURRICULUM VITAE

for

JOSEPH MARGOLIS

• M.A. in Philosophy. Columbia University, 1950
• Ph.D. in Philosophy. Columbia University, 1953

Academic Positions:

• Guest Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, University of South Africa (UNISA) (Spring 1997)
• Visiting Professor of Philosophy, University of Auckland (Summer 1995)
• Laura H. Carnell Professor of Philosophy, Temple University (1991-present)
• Professor of Philosophy, Temple University (1968-present)
• Honorary Visiting Professor, City College of the City University of New York (1978-80)
• Visiting Professor of Philosophy, New York University (Spring 1970; 1970-71)
• Visiting Professor of Philosophy, University of Calgary, Summer Institute (Summer 1968)
• Visiting Professor of Philosophy, University of Utah (Summer 1968)
• Visiting Professor of Philosophy, University of Toronto (1967-68)
• Professor of Philosophy and Head, Department of Philosophy, University of Western Ontario (1965-67)
• Visiting Professor of Philosophy, Columbia University (Summer 1965)
• Visiting Professor of Philosophy and Psychology, Case Western Reserve University (Spring 1965)
• Professor of Philosophy and Senior Research Associate in Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati (1965-66)
• Visiting Professor of Philosophy, University of Minnesota (Summer 1964)
• Associate Professor of Philosophy and Senior Research Associate in Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati (1960-64)
• Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley (1958-59)
• Visiting Associate Professor of Philosophy, Northwestern University, (Summer 1958)
• Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of South Carolina (1956-58)
• Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Trinity College (Hartford) (Summer 1955,56)
• Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Long Island University (1954-56)
• Instructor in Philosophy, Long Island University (1947-54)
• Lecturer in Philosophy, Columbia University (1954)
• Lecturer in Philosophy, The Cooper Union (1953)

Honors, Fellowships, Awards, Grants and other Responsibilities:

• Honorary Lifetime Member, International Association of Aesthetics, 1998-
• Invitation Fellowship, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Spring 1997
• Honorary President, International Association of Aesthetics, 1995-1998
• Ph.D. honoris causa, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Spring 1994.
• Director, Summer Institute, Greater Philadelphia Philosophy Consortium, 1992: "Realism and Social Constructionism."
• Member, Board of Trustees, American Society for Aesthetics, 1990-91
• Paul W. Eberman Research Award, Temple University, 1989
• Socio Onarario, Centao internazionale studi di estetica, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy, 1989-
• Member, Board of Directors, Society for Philosophy and Technology, 1987-
• Matchette Foundation grant, Philosophy Department, Temple University, Spring, 1987
• The Pew Charitable Trusts grant (with Michael Krausz), Greater Philadelphia Philosophy Consortium, 1986-1991
• Member, Reference Group, Wittgenstein and the Philosophy of Culture, Inter-University Centre, Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, 1986-1989
• Vice-President and President-Elect, American Society for Aesthetics, 1985-1987; President, 1987-1989
• Senior Fellowship, Council for International Exchange of Scholars (Fulbright Commission), University of Gothenburg (Sweden), lecturing in Sweden and Scandinavia, Spring 1984
• Member, Advisory Board, International Council for Elementary and Secondary School Philosophy, 1984-
• Exxon Educational Foundation grant, 1983-85/ 1986-88: Greater Philadelphia Philosophy Consortium
• Distinguished Professor, College of Liberal Arts, Temple University, 1983-84: lecture series and faculty seminars, "Methodology of the Human Sciences"
• Rockefeller Foundation grant, 1982-83: Greater Philadelphia Philosophy Consortium
• Senior Fellow, Center for Dewey Studies, Southern Illinois University, 1982-83
• Fellowship, Collège de France, Paris, France, 1981-82; 1982-83 (declined)
• Pennsylvania Humanities Council grant, 1981-82, 1985-86, Greater Philadelphia Philosophy Consortium
• Co-Director, Conferences on the Philosophy of the Human Studies, 1981-
• Co-Director, Greater Philadelphia Philosophy Consortium, 1981-
• Machette Foundation Grant, 1981: "Post-Barthes/Post-Bakhtin"
• Director, NEH Summer Seminar for College Teachers: "The Concept of Culture in the Philosophy of Art," Temple University, Summer 1980
• Member, Executive Committee, Conference on Methods in Philosophy and the Sciences, 1979- ; Chairperson, 1979-80
• Canada Council Grants, 1966, 1967
• Special Fellowship, National Institute of Mental Health, 1962-63

Editorial Responsibilites:

• Member, International Board, AE (electronic journal for the Canadian Society of Aesthetics), 1998-
• Consulting Editor, Journal of Value Inquiry, 1996-
• Member, Advisory Board: "Philosophy and the Global Context" Book Series, Rowman & Littlefield, 1996-
• Advisory Editor, International Journal of Applied Philosophy, 1993-
• Member, Board of Consulting Editors, Metaphilosophy, 1993-
• Member, Advisory Board, The Encyclopedia of Aesthetics (New York: Oxford University Press), 1992-
• Member, Editorial Board, Philosophy, Psychiatry and Psychology, 1991-
• Member, Editorial Board, Theory and Psychology, 1990-
• Advisory Editor, Blackwell Companion to Aesthetics, 1990-
• Editor, "The Arts and Their Philosophies" Book Series, Temple University Press 1988-
• Member, Board of Editorial Consultants, American Philosophical Quarterly, 1987-1990; 1992-
• Member, Consultive Editorial Board, Social Epistemology, 1987-
• Member, Board of Advisors, Center for Philosophic Exchange (Philosophic Exchange), 1987-
• Co-Editor (with Michael Krausz), Studies of the Greater Philadelphia Philosophy Consortium, 1986-
• Member, Advisory Board, Frontiers of Philosophy Book Series, Prometheus Books, 1986-
• Editor, book series in Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art (University of Pennsylvania Press), 1982-83 (abandoned)
• Member, Editorial Board, New Ideas in Psychology, 1983-
• Member, Editorial Board, International Studies in Philosophy and Medicine, 1982-
• Advisory Editor, Applied Philosophy, 1982-
• Member, Editorial Board, The Monist, 1981-
• Co-Editor, Aesthetics and the Arts, Book Series, D. Reidel, 1979-82 (abandoned)
• Editor, Philosophy Monographs, 1975-80
• Member, Nominating Board, Philosopher's Annual, 1979-
• Member, Editorial Board, Speculative Letters, 1978-
• Member, Editorial Board, Philosophy and Technology, 1976-
• Consulting Editor, Behaviorism, 1976-
• Consulting Editor, Journal for the Theory of Social Behavior, 1976-
• Consultant, Journal of Critical Analysis, 1973-
• Member, Advisory Board, Social Theory and Practice, 1972-
• Contributing Editor, Book Forum (formerly, Interchange Review of Books), 1972-
• Associate Editor, Mt. Adams Review, 1970-71

WRITINGS OF JOSEPH ZALMAN MARGOLIS

BOOKS AUTHORED

On Aesthetics. Belmont, Cal.: Wadworth, 2008.

Pragmatism Without Foundations: Reconciling Realism and Relativism, 2nd edn. London and New York: Continuum, 2007.

Introduction to Philosophical Problems. London and New York: Continuum, 2006.

Moral Philosophy after 9/11. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2004.

Selves and Other Texts: The Case for Cultural Realism. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2003.

The Unraveling of Scientism: American Philosophy at the End of the Twentieth Century. Ithica, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 2003.

Reinventing Pragmatism: American Philosophy at the End of the Twentieth Century. Ithica, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 2002.

The Quarrel between Invariance and Flux: A Vade Mecum for Philosophers and Other Players. With Jacques Catudal. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2001.

What, After All, Is a Work of Art? Lectures in the Philosophy of Art. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1999. xxii+ 143pp. A Japanese translation is pending.

A Second-Best Morality. The Lindley Lecture, University of Kansas, 14 October 1997. Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1998. 26pp.

Life without Principles: Reconciling Theory and Practice. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1996. x + 262pp.

Historied Thought, Constructed World: A Conceptual Primer for the Turn of the Millennium. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1995. x + 377pp.

Interpretation Radical But Not Unruly: The New Puzzle of the Arts and History. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1995. xiii + 312pp.

The Flux of History and the Flux of Science. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993. x + 238pp.

The Truth about Relativism. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1991. xvi + 224pp.

Texts without Referents: Reconciling Science and Narrative. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1989. xxiv + 386pp.

Science without Unity: Reconciling the Natural and the Human Sciences. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1987. xxii + 470pp.

Psychology: Designing the Discipline. With Peter Manicas, Rom Harré, and Paul Secord. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1986. viii + 168pp.

Pragmatism without Foundations: Reconciling Relativism and Realism. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1986. xx + 320pp.

Culture and Cultural Entities. Dordrecht: D. Reidel, 1984. xiv + 162pp.

Philosophy of Psychology. Foundations of Philosophy Series. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1984. xvi + 107pp.

Art and Philosophy. Atlantic Highlands, N.J.: Humanities Press; Hassocks: Harvester Press, 1980. xiii + 350pp.

Persons and Minds. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science. Dordrecht: D. Reidel, 1978. x + 301pp. Translated into Russian translation, (Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1986), 419pp.

Negativities: The Limits of Life. Columbus, Ohio: Charles Merrill, 1975. ix + 166pp.

Knowledge and Existence: An Introduction to Philosophical Problems. New York: Oxford University Press, 1973. xiv + 289pp.

Values and Conduct. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1971. x + 227pp.

Psychotherapy and Morality: A Study of Two Concepts. New York: Random House, 1966. xii + 174pp.

The Language of Art and Art Criticism: Analytic Questions in Aesthetics. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1965. 201pp.

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.