Joseph Margolis Philosopher

Joseph Zalman Margolis (born May 16, 1924) is an American philosopher. A radical historicist, he has published many books critical of the central assumptions of Western philosophy, and has elaborated a robust form of relativism.His philosophical affinities include Protagoras, Hegel, C.S. Peirce, John Dewey, Ludwig Wittgenstein, W.V. Quine.

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Birth date	May 16, 1924
Birth place	New Jersey , Newark New Jersey
Era	20th-century philosophy
Main interest	Aesthetics Relativism Western philosophy History

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influenced by	Charles Sanders Peirce Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel John Dewey Ludwig Wittgenstein Willard Van Orman Quine Sophism
philosophical school	Historicism Pragmatism
region	Western philosophy