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.

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.

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;...

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...

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.

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...

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...

In the last ten years, investigators worldwide have focused on the connections between the philosophy of classical figures in American pragmatism (e.g., William James, Charles Peirce, and John Dewey) and the Hispanic world. Pragmatism in the Americas...

Dissertationes Quinque Ad Dioptricam, a Ruggero Giuseppe Boscovich, anno MDCCLXVII editae, sunt opuscula quae de optica tractant. In his quinque dissertationibus, Boscovich varias quaestiones dioptricae tractat, inter quas sunt de refractione luminis, de...

Given basic commitments to philosophize from lived experience and a shared underlying meliorist impulse, American philosophical traditions seem well-suited to develop nascent philosophical engagement with disability studies. To date, however, there have...

This book features fourteen original essays that critically engage the philosophy of Richard Rorty, with an emphasis on his ethics, epistemology, and politics. Inspired by James' and Dewey's pragmatism, Rorty urged us to rethink the role of science and...

Das Buch ""Kritik �����ber die Geschichte und Abhandlungen des Herrn Abts Fleury, Teil 1"" wurde im Jahr 1789 von Giovanni Marchetti verfasst. Es handelt sich um eine kritische Auseinandersetzung mit den Geschichtsschreibungen und Abhandlungen des Abts...

This book explores the role that American pragmatism played in the development of social philosophy in 20th-century Europe.The essays in the first part of the book show how the ideas of Peirce, James, and Dewey influenced the traditions of European...

""Der Pragmatismus der Geistesgaben"" ist ein Buch von Franz Anton Staudenmaier, das im Jahr 1835 ver������ffentlicht wurde. In diesem Werk besch�����ftigt sich der Autor mit dem Pragmatismus als philosophischer Ansatz und dessen Anwendung auf die...

" Reflexivity" is defined as the regular exercise of the mental ability, shared by all normal people, to consider themselves in relation to their (social) contexts and vice versa. In addition to this sociological interest, it allows us to hold idle or...

Develops a pragmatist approach to the philosophy of the humanities, interpreting history, literature, and religion in terms of pragmatic realism.

Explores the basic forms of responsibility that we willingly assume and the collaborative fulfillment that we find in each.

This volume puts leading pragmatists in the philosophy of language, including Robert Brandom, in contact with scholars concerned with what pragmatism has come to mean for the law. Each contribution uses the resources of pragmatism to tackle fundamental...