Preface. Introduction. 1. Satisfying Reason. 2. Why be Rational? 3. Reason and Reality. 4. Metaknowledge. 5. Fallibilism and the Pursuit of Truth. 6. Methodological Optimism. 7. Meaningless Numbers. 8. Conceptual Idealism Revisited. 9. The Contrast between Explanatory and Experiential Understanding. 10. The Limits of Cognitive Relativism. 11. The Deficits of Deconstructionism. 12. Exits from Paradox. Index.