In:
Philosophy of Science, Cambridge University Press (CUP), Vol. 88, No. 5 ( 2021-12), p. 849-859
Abstract:
This essay examines the provenance of a single, curious term that William James often used in connection with his own pragmatism. The term is Denkmittel , an uncommon German contraction of Denk (thought) and Mittel (instrument). James’s Central European sources for this now forgotten bit of philosophical jargon provide a small illustration of a bigger historical point that too often gets obscured. Pragmatism—James’s pragmatism, at least—was both allied with and inspired by a broader sweep of scientific instrumentalism that was already flourishing in fin de siècle European philosophy.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0031-8248
,
1539-767X
Language:
English
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date:
2021
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2066891-0
SSG:
11
SSG:
19,2
SSG:
5,1
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