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 -- BLANSHARD AND THE COHERENCE THEORY OF TRUTH -- Name Index.