List of Displays ix Preface xi Introduction xiii PART I: THE PROJECT OF PHILOSOPHIZING One The Mission of Philosophy 3 Two The Holistic Nature of Philosophy 17 Three Philosophical Methodology 36 PART II: EXPERIENCE AND PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES Four Conceptual Schemes and Philosophical Pluralism 61 Five Can Different Thinkers Debate the Same Issues? 79 Six Against Exotic Hypotheses: The Need for Consulting Experience 89 Seven Philosophical Standardism 104 Eight Experiential Perspectivism in Philosophy 120 Nine The History of Philosophical Taxonomy as Evidence for Empiricism 135 PART III: AGAINST PHILOSOPHICAL RELATIVISM Ten Dispensing with Consensus: Pluralism in Philosophy 155 Eleven Philosophy in Process 168 Twelve On Classifying Metaphysical Positions: A Case Study in Pluralism 182 Thirteen Reactions to Pluralism 195 Fourteen Rejecting Philosophical Relativism 224 Appendix Pragmatic Idealism: A Schematic Sketch of the Overall Position 251 Bibliography 257 Name Index 263 Subject Index 267