Richard J. Bernstein, who has played a leading role in "the pragmatist turn" in contemporary philosophy, replies to twelve younger critics in a lively conversation about pragmatism's past, present, and future as a guiding paradigm for philosophy and related fields.

Introduction; Judith M. Green Prelude to a Critical Conversation with Fellow Pragmatists; Richard Bernstein PART I: CONTEMPORARY ENGAGEMENTS WITH THE CLASSICAL PRAGMATISTS 1. Hegel and the Classical Pragmatists: Prolegomenon to a Future Discussion; Michael J. Baur Richard J. Bernstein's Response 2. The Inferences that Never Were: Peirce, Perception, and Bernstein's The Pragmatic Turn ; Richard Kenneth Atkins Richard J. Bernstein's Response 3. Peirce's Theory of Truth and Fallibilism; Hugh McDonald Richard J. Bernstein's Response 4. Bernstein's Deployment of Jamesian Democratic Pluralism: The Pragmatic Turn and the Future of Philosophy; Judith M. Green Richard J. Bernstein's Response 5. The Turn within the Pragmatic Turn: Recovering Bernstein's Democratic Dewey; Shane J. Ralston Richard J. Bernstein's Response 6. Dewey as a Radical Democrat and a Liberal Democrat: Considerations on Bernstein on Dewey; Colin Koopman Richard J. Bernstein's Response PART II: PRAGMATIST ENGAGEMENTS WITH CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHY 7. Democratic Community Participation: Bernstein between Dewey and an Achieved Deeply Democratic Future; David W. Woods Richard J. Bernstein's Response 8. Ideals After the Pragmatic Turn; S. Joshua Thomas Richard J. Bernstein's Response 9. Abstract Objectivity: Richard J. Bernstein's Critique of Hilary Putnam; Brendan Hogan and Lawrence Marcelle Richard J. Bernstein's Response 10. Pragmatism's Constructive Project; Philip Kitcher Richard J. Bernstein's Response 11. Truth, Objectivity, and Experience after the Pragmatic Turn: Bernstein on Habermas's 'Kantian Pragmatism'; Jeffrey Flynn Richard J. Bernstein's Response 12. Now What? Richard J. Bernstein and Philosophy After Rorty; David E. McClean Richard J. Bernstein's Response