Introduction: The Question of Modernity -- I. Richard Rorty: The Rudiments of Pragmatic Liberalism -- 1. The Philosophy of Representations -- 2. Knowledge without Representations -- 3. Justification as a Social Practice.

4. The Problem of Truth -- 5. Davidsonian Therapy -- 6. Truth and Science -- 7. Ethics without Foundations -- 8. Liberal Ironism -- II. Alasdair MacIntyre: A Modern Malgré Lui. 1. MacIntyre's Critique of the Enlightenment.

2. Which Enlightenment? -- 3. In Defense of Enlightenment Humanism -- 4. The Lure of Tradition -- 5. The Tradition of the Virtues -- 6. MacIntyre and Modernity -- 7. MacIntyre versus Pragmatic Liberalism.

III. Charles Taylor: An Augustinian Modern -- 1. Taylor's Historical Project -- 2. Locke and the Radical Enlightenment -- 3. The Primacy of Everyday Life -- 4. Beyond the Enlightenment: Evil, Romanticism, and Poetic Truth.

5. Taylor's Critique of Naturalism -- 6. Williams and Objectivity -- 7. Naturalism and Hypergoods -- Pragmatic Liberalism: Concluding Reflections -- 1. Recapitulation -- 2. Metaphilosophical Coda.