Pragmatism : an introduction
This is a comprehensive and contemporary introduction to the key figures and ideas which have defined the influential American philosophical tradition of Pragmatism. Ranges from classical pragmatists such as Dewey, Peirce and James, through to the more recent contributions of Rorty, Bernstein and Br...
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Cambridge, UK :
Polity Press ,
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Table of Contents:
- 1. The birth of pragmatism : Charles Sanders Peirce and William James
- 2. John Dewey on philosophy and democracy
- 3. Pragmatism and analytic philosophy : W. V. O. Quine, Wilfrid Sellars and Donald Davidson
- 4. Neo-pragmatism : Richard Rorty and Hilary Putnam
- 5. Between Europe and America : Jürgen Habermas and Richard J. Bernstein
- 6. The return of Pierce : Susan Haack and Cheryl Misak
- 7. Rationalist pragmatism and pragmatic naturalism : Robert B. Random and Huw Price