Pragmatism Books

For the past fifteen years, Aikin and Talisse have been working collaboratively on a new vision of American pragmatism, one which sees pragmatism as a living and developing philosophical idiom that originates in the work of the "classical" pragmatisms of...

This book is an attempt to understand a significant part of the complex thought of Charles Sanders Peirce, especially in those areas which interested him most: scientific method and related philosophical questions. It is organized primarily from Peirce's...

Christopher Hookway presents a series of essays on the philosophy of Charles Sanders Peirce (1839-1913), the "founder of pragmatism" and one of the most important and original American philosophers. Peirce made significant contributions to the...

As one of America's "public intellectuals," John Dewey was engaged in a lifelong struggle to understand the human mind and the nature of human inquiry. According to Thomas C. Dalton, the successful pursuit of this mission demanded that Dewey become more...

Das Buch ""Einleitung Zur Astrognosie Nach Den Homannischen Himmels-Charten"" wurde im Jahr 1745 von Basilius Christian Bernhard Wiedeburg ver������ffentlicht. Es ist eine Einf�����hrung in die Astrognosie, die auf den Himmelskarten von Johann Baptist...

Schwachheiten Der Wiener (1784) ist ein Buch des ������sterreichischen Schriftstellers Arnold, das sich mit den Schw�����chen und Fehlern der Wiener Gesellschaft im sp�����ten 18. Jahrhundert auseinandersetzt. Das Werk ist in Form von Briefen verfasst,...

""An Introduction to the Philosophy of Shakespeare's Sonnets"" is a book written by Richard Simpson in 1868. The book is a critical analysis of the philosophical themes and ideas presented in Shakespeare's sonnets. Simpson examines the sonnets from a...

The notion of "feminist pragmatism" or "pragmatist feminism" has been around since Charlene Haddock Seigfried introduced it two decades ago. However, the bulk of the work in this field has been directed toward recovering the feminist strain of classical...

""Short Talks on Psychology"" is a collection of essays written by Charles Gray Shaw in 1920. The book covers a wide range of topics related to psychology, including personality, perception, memory, and learning. Each essay is relatively short, making...

Develops a creative and provocative new model of God that brings together insights from both process theology and ground-of-being theology.

Wide-ranging examination of American philosophy's ties to settler colonialism and its role as both an object and a force of decolonization.

This book explores the dynamics of interaction between pragmatism and spirituality in the constitution and working of consciousness, freedom and solidarity. This book is cross-cultural and transdisciplinary in nature and brings critical and...

Talking Wolves advances an analysis of Hobbes which takes language seriously (as seriously as Hobbes took it). It presents a reading of Hobbes's view of society at large, and political society in particular, through a...

DOES DISCOURSE HAVE A 'STRUCTURE'? HARRIS'S REVOLUTION IN LINGUISTICS As a freshman back in 1947 I discovered that within the various academic divisions and subdivisions of the University of Pennsylvania there existed a...

Through a series of case studies, the book thoroughly investigates the pragmatic elements of "new pragmatism", which inherits the legacy of classical pragmatism and combines the topics and methods of analytic philosophy.

This is a collection of invited papers from the 1975 International Sym­ posium on Multiple-valued Logic. Also included is an extensive bib­ liography of works in the field of multiple-valued logic prior to 1975 - this ...

Some preliminary observations must be made concerning the nature and purpose of this study. What I have attempted here is an essay in the metaphysics of science, and not the "philosophy of science. " Rather than concentrating...

The book describes and analyses the new environment for innovation, it does this with an emphasis on yet uncharted regions within the field of practice-based innovation, coming up with guidelines for innovation policy measures needed in order to realise...

This book presents a historiographical and theorical analysis of how Husserlian Phenomenology arrived and developed in North America. The chapters analyze the different phases of the reception of Edmund Husserl's thought in the USA and Canada. The volume...

This collection of essays brings together a selection of some of the most important studies of Professor Ivo Assad Ibri about the work of Charles Sanders Peirce. In the last decades, Prof. Ibri made important contributions to Peirce studies by showing...

This book is based on the understanding that the diversity and heterogeneity of science and society are not only issue of critique, but engender experimental forms of collaboration. Building on John Dewey's experimental theory of knowledge and inquiry,...

This collection of essays engages with the current resurgence of interest in the relationship between American pragmatism and communication studies. The topics engaged in this collection of essays is necessarily diverse, with some of the figures...

In this remarkable book, Gary Wright focuses thirty years' experience as a family physician, and his Ph.D. in philosophy, to address the nature of good medical reasoning. Wright folds cognitive science into a pragmatist framework developed by John Dewey;...

Homegrown Ecopragmatics presents a set of case studies designed to demonstrate how ecopragmatic approaches to solving local environmental problems can be applied. It does so by developing the principles developed in Ecopragmatics (2012),...

Richard Rorty is considered one of the most original philosophers of the last decades, and he has generated warm enthusiasm on the part of many intellectuals and students, within and outside the field of philosophy.The collection opens with an essay by...

""Die Lehre vom Beweis"" ist ein Buch von Carl Joseph Anton Mittermaier, das im Jahr 1834 ver������ffentlicht wurde. Das Werk behandelt die Lehre vom Beweis im deutschen Strafprozess nach der Fortbildung durch Gerichtsgebrauch und deutsche...

A new perspective on spirituality and social change as seen through the work of six visionary thinkersIn Liberating Spiritualities, Christopher D. Tirres offers an in-depth exploration of spirituality as a catalyst for social transformation, showcasing...

THE CONTENTS OF THIS BOOK ARE AS LIGHT OR AS DEEP AS YOU, THE READER, PERCEIVE OR BELIEVE THEM. HOWEVER THEY SEEM, MAY YOU FIND EACH A PLEASURE. JCS

This book offers a compelling new interpretation of James' moral philosophy: an "ethics of responsible self-fashioning." James' performative writing style articulates this conception by showing how moral inquiry serves both social and personal...

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Proposes an "intra-cultural philosophy" based on John Dewey's "cultural turn" and promotes Daoist thought as a resource that can help to reconstruct outmoded assumptions that continue to shape how we currently think.

Assesses John Dewey's visit to China in 1919-21 as an "intra-cultural" episode and promotes "Chinese natural philosophy" as a philosophical context in which to understand the connections between Dewey's philosophy and early Confucian thinking.

Illustrates how William James's philosophical pragmatism can help to resolve issues in everyday contemporary life.

A full account of the Metaphysical Club, featuring the members' philosophical writings and four critical essays.

Explores the contradictory nature of public opinion.

No entanto, com a ajuda de algumas práticas simples, é possivel superar a ansiedade e, assim como em qualquer outras situações na vida, lutar é sempre melhor do que seguir o curso natural. Você precisa saber...

Higher education in the twenty-first century should bring together freedom and knowledge with courage and hope. Why these four concepts? As Goodson argues in Strength of Mind, higher education in the twenty-first century offers preparation for ordinary...

Both as a traditional theological issue and in its broader secular varieties, theodicy remains a problem in the philosophy of religion. In this book, Professor Sami Pihlström provides a novel critical reassessment of the theodicy discourse...

Emerging from the confusion and chaos of neoliberal economic systems around the world, this book brings together a collection of major philosophical ideas from previous centuries and applies them to the practice of education. This work will be of...

Richard J. Bernstein is a leading exponent of American pragmatism and one of the foremost philosophers of the twentieth century. In this collection he takes a pragmatic approach to specific problems and issues to demonstrate the ongoing importance of...

This collection brings together the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze and the rich tradition of American pragmatist thought, taking seriously the commitment to pluralism at the heart of both. Contributors explore in novel ways Deleuze's explicit references to...

This book uses literary examples makes the case for understanding law and the legal system through the lens of philosophical pragmatism.

Taking Emerson as his starting point, Cornel West's basic task in this ambitious enterprise is to chart the emergence, development, decline, and recent resurgence of American pragmatism. John Dewey is the central figure in West's pantheon of pragmatists,...

William James claimed that his Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking would prove triumphant and epoch-making. Today, after more than 100 years, how is pragmatism to be understood? What has been its cultural and philosophical impact? Is it...