Pragmatism An Introduction

Name: Pragmatism An Introduction
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ISBN: 9780745646657

ISBN-10: 0745646654

ISBN-13: 9780745646657

Edition: 2012

Authors: Michael Bacon

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Pragmatism: An Introduction provides a comprehensive and up-to-date account of the arguments of the central figures of American pragmatism. It is a wide-ranging and accessible introduction to the work of the classical pragmatists Charles Saunders Peirce, William James and John Dewey, as well as more recent figures including Richard Rorty, Richard J. Bernstein, Cheryl Misak and Robert B. Brandom. In a cogent and engaging analysis, Michael Bacon shows that the pragmatists insist on the centrality of social practice for philosophy. In so doing they oppose many of the presumptions that have dominated philosophy since Descartes. Rather than conceive of knowledge and truth as accurately…

Book details

Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Polity Press
Publication date: 4/4/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Preface


Introduction



The Birth of Pragmatism




John Dewey on Philosophy and Democracy



Pragmatism and Analytic Philosophy




Neo-Pragmatism: Richard Rorty and Hilary Putnam



Between Europe and America




The Return of Peirce




Rationalist Pragmatism and Pragmatic Naturalism



Conclusion


Works Cited


Index