▁ ▁A ▁pro ponent ▁of ▁philosoph ical ▁herm ene ut ics ▁and ▁ske ptic ism , ▁Mar qu ards ▁work ▁focus es ▁on ▁aspects ▁of ▁human ▁fal lib ility , ▁cont ing ency ▁and ▁fin itude . ▁He ▁reject s ▁ideal ist , ▁rational ist ▁and ▁universal ist ▁conception s ▁and ▁def ends ▁philosoph ical ▁particular ism ▁and ▁pl ural ism . ▁His ▁ess ay ▁" In ▁Pra ise ▁of ▁Poly the ism " ▁prov oked ▁discussion ▁and ▁controvers y ▁in ▁Germany . ▁In ▁it , ▁he ▁prom otes ▁sec ular ized ▁poly the ism ▁as ▁a ▁political ▁the ology . ▁ ▁Crit ic ized ▁by ▁J ürgen ▁Hab erm as ▁as ▁a ▁representative ▁of ▁German ▁ne o con serv at ism , ▁his ▁philosophy ▁has ▁been ▁described ▁as ▁a ▁form ▁of ▁liberal ▁conserv at ism ▁with ▁various ▁par alle ls ▁to ▁post mod ern ▁thought ▁and ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁Richard ▁R ort y . ▁ ▁Major ▁works ▁ ▁Schw ier igkeiten ▁mit ▁der ▁Gesch ichts ph il osoph ie . ▁Su hr k amp ▁( st w ▁ 3 9 4 ), ▁Frankfurt ▁am ▁Main ▁ 1 9 7 3 , ▁ ▁F are well ▁to ▁Mat ters ▁of ▁Princi ple . ▁Philosoph ical ▁Studies . ▁New ▁York / O x ford : ▁Oxford ▁University ▁Press ▁ 1 9 8 9 . ▁ISBN ▁ 9 7 8 - 0 1 9 5 0 5 1 1 4 8 ▁In ▁Def ense ▁of ▁the ▁Acc ident al . ▁Philosoph ical ▁Studies . ▁New