Is there a way to invoke a generic function with a type known only at run time?

I'm trying to do something like:

    static  void bar()
    {
        object b = 6;
        string c = foo<typeof(b)>();
    }

    static  string foo<T>()
    {
       return typeof (T).Name;
    }

Basically I want to decide on the type parameter only at run time, but the function I'm calling depends on the type parameter.

Also I know this can be done with reflections... but it's not the nicest solution to the problem...

I'm sort of looking for dynamic features in C#...