<Tr> <Td> Lewis, Clarence Irving Clarence Irving Lewis </Td> <Td> 1883--1964 </Td> <Td> a leading authority on symbolic logic and on the philosophic concepts of knowledge and value . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Margolis, Joseph Joseph Margolis </Td> <Td> 1924--</Td> <Td> still proudly defends the original Pragmatists and sees his recent work on Cultural Realism as extending and deepening their insights, especially the contribution of Peirce and Dewey, in the context of a rapprochement with Continental philosophy . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Putnam, Hilary Hilary Putnam </Td> <Td> 1926 - 2016 </Td> <Td> in many ways the opposite of Rorty and thinks classical pragmatism was too permissive a theory . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Rorty, Richard Richard Rorty </Td> <Td> 1931--2007 </Td> <Td> famous author of Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature . </Td> </Tr>

Who deserves credit for popularizing and developing pragmatism and philosophy