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  1. Putnam’s Conception of Ontology.Sami Pihlström - 2006 - Contemporary Pragmatism 3 (2):1-13.
    This symposium contribution discusses the conception of ontology which is used in Hilary Putnam's book Ethics without Ontology.
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  • Pragmatic and transcendental arguments for theism: A critical examination. [REVIEW]Sami Pihlström - 2002 - International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 51 (3):195-214.
    Commenting upon some recent literature on the topic, this paper examinestwo strategies by means of which one might try to defend theism: (1) a pragmatic (Jamesian) strategy, which focuses on the idea that religiousbelief has beneficial consequences in the believer's life, and (2) a transcendental (Kantian) strategy, according to which theism is requiredas a condition of our self-understanding as ethically oriented creatures.Both strategies are found unsatisfactory, unless synthesized and thussupported by each other. While no argument, either pragmatic ortranscendental, can demonstrate (...)
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