""Contents""; ""PREFACE""; ""WHAT SORT OF IDEALISM IS VIABLETODAY?""; ""REALITY IN THE LIGHT OF REALISMAND IDEALISM""; ""THE ARGUMENTS FROM ERROR AND IGNORANCE: AN EPISTEMIC APPROACH TO FACTUAL REALISM""; ""PRAGMATIC IDEALISM AND METAPHYSICAL REALISM""; ""POSSIBILITY CONCEPTUALISM AS ANAPPROACH TO MODAL ONTOLOGY""; ""OPTIMALISM AND THE RATIONALITYOF THE REAL: ON THE PROSPECTS OFAXIOLOGICAL EXPLANATION""; ""THE REVOLT AGAINST ABSOLUTES IN TWENTIETH CENTURY AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY""; ""THE ABSOLUTE: A CONCISE HISTORY""; ""DIALECTIC: A BRIEF HISTORY""; ""McTAGGART�S LOGICAL DETERMINISM""