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Pragmatism, Old And New

Selected Writings

ISBN-13: 9781591023593
Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
Imprint: PROMETHEUS
Edited by Susan Haack, Edited by Robert Lane
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Local release date: 29/07/2006
Format: Hardback (216.00mm X 144.00mm) 560 pages Weight: 921g
Categories: Philosophy [HP]

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Google Preview: Pragmatism was one of the most fruitful philosophical movements of the late 19th century and has continued to be a significant influence on some of the major figures in philosophy. Today some even speak of a remarkable renaissance of Pragmatism. Very often though, what they have in mind is not the rich heritage of the classical pragmatist tradition, but a radical self-styled neo-Pragmatism that has of late transmuted the reformist aspirations of classical Pragmatism into a kind of revolutionary anti-intellectualism. Asking what we can learn from the older Pragmatist tradition and what we can salvage from the intellectual shipwreck of the new, the editors have put together a wide-ranging anthology that tells the story of the evolution of Pragmatism from its origins to the radical literary-political neo-Pragmatism recently popularised by Richard Rorty. The book presents a broad and diverse selection of Pragmatism writings on logic, metaphysics, theory of inquiry, philosophy of mind and religion and education, aesthetics plus moral social and political philosophy.; Susan Haack (Coral Gables, FL) is Cooper Senior Scholar in Arts and Sciences, professor of philosophy, and professor of law at the University of Miami. She is the author of numerous highly acclaimed books including Defending Science--Within Reason; Philosophy of Logics; Evidence and Inquiry; Deviant Logic, Fuzzy Logic: Beyond the Formalism; and Manifesto of a Passionate Moderate: Unfashionable Essays. Robert Lane (Carrolton, GA) is assistant professor of philosophy at the University of West Georgia. He has published on American philosophy, the history of logic, and ethics.; ""The most likely use for Haack's volume will be in introductory pragmatism courses and it is eminently appropriate for this task. However, others who would wish to speak out about pragmatism authoritatively would do well to go through the book from cover to cover. Outside of philosophy, the volume provides an introduction to a vital aspect of what philosophy has to offer to other disciplines, psychology among them....it is hard to think what could have been done to improve upon the collection." Metapsychology; Google Preview content

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