In his long and productive life Joseph Margolis approached many subjects that had been the concern of philosophy all through history. However, when his texts are read carefully it is clear that his main interest was to understand humanity and its cultural values. In my text I will first introduce Margolis philosophy in general and the underlying premises that he defended throughout his work, moving on to specific claims and arguments. I will pursue my analysis through several of Margolis’ texts concerning his main philosophical arguments, such as the definition of the human, relativity, ethics and aesthetics. Margolis was a prolific writer who developed his philosophy in consecutive phases, arriving in his later years to arguments that became more pointed as well as far reaching in scope. Margolis’ reasoning and argumentation proceeds in three steps: defining the problem at hand, understanding the reasonings applicable to his claim and to opposing views, reaching a solution suitable and appropriate according to the context.

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约瑟夫马戈利斯 - 实用主义现实主义看待人类文化和历史性

约瑟夫·马戈利斯 (Joseph Margolis) 在他漫长而富有成效的一生中，研究了许多贯穿历史的哲学主题。然而，当仔细阅读他的文本时，很明显他的主要兴趣是理解人性及其文化价值。在我的文本中，我将首先介绍马戈利斯的一般哲学和他在整个工作中捍卫的基本前提，然后是具体的主张和论点。我将通过马戈利斯关于他的主要哲学论点的几篇文章来进行我的分析，例如人类的定义、相对论、伦理学和美学。马戈利斯是一位多产的作家，他在连续的阶段发展了他的哲学，在他的晚年到达了变得更加尖锐和范围广泛的论点。