UID:
edocfu_9959328972402883
Format:
1 online resource (xii, 431 pages)
ISBN:
1405153113
,
9781405153119
,
9781405116213
,
1405116218
,
9781405164887
,
1405164883
,
9780470997079
,
0470997079
,
1280286059
,
9781280286056
Series Statement:
Blackwell companions to philosophy ; 32
Content:
"A Companion to Pragmatism" provides a comprehensive and current overview of one of the most vibrant and exciting fields of philosophy today. This volume of 38 predominantly new essays demonstrates understanding of the classical figures and their philosophies, while also displaying pragmatism as a living force in philosophy, producing original thought indebted to the founders. "A Companion to Pragmatism" is unique in its depth and breadth of coverage. It is an invaluable resource for anyone wishing to learn about the history and current thought of pragmatism.
Note:
Introduction : pragmatism, retrospective, and prospective / Joseph Margolis -- Part I: Major figures -- Charles Sanders Peirce / Vincent M. Colapietro -- William James / Ellen Kappy Suckiel -- F.C.S. Schiller and European pragmatism / John R. Shook -- John Dewey / Philip W. Jackson -- George H. Mead / Gary A. Cook -- Jane Addams / Marilyn Fischer -- Alain L. Locke / Leonard Harris -- C.I. Lewis / Murray G. Murphey -- W.V. Quine / Roger F. Gibson, Jr. -- Hilary Putnam / Harvey J. Cormier -- Jürgen Habermas / Joseph M. Heath -- Richard Rorty / Kai Nielsen -- Part II: Transforming philosophy -- Not cynicism, but synechism : lessons from classical pragmatism / Susan Haack -- Peirce and cartesian rationalism / Douglas R. Anderson -- James, empiricism, and absolute idealism / Timothy L.S. Sprigge -- Hegel and realism / Kenneth R. Westphal -- Dewey, dualism, and naturalism / Thomas M. Alexander -- Expressivism and Mead's social self / Mitchell Aboulafia -- Marxism and critical theory / Paulo Ghiraldelli, Jr. -- Philosophical hermeneutics / David Vessey -- Language, mind, and naturalism in analytic philosophy / Bjørn T. Ramberg -- Feminism / Shannon W. Sullivan -- Pluralism, relativism, and historicism / Joseph Margolis -- Experience as freedom / John J. McDermott -- Part III: Culture and nature -- Pragmatism as anti-authoritarianism / Richard Rorty -- Intelligence and ethics / Hilary Putnam -- Democracy and value inquiry / Ruth Anna Putnam -- Liberal democracy / Robert B. Westbrook -- Pluralism and deliberative democracy : a pragmatist approach / Judith M. Green -- Philosophy as education / Jim Garrison -- Creativity and society / Hans Joas and Erkki Kilpinen -- Religious empiricism and naturalism / Nancy K. Frankenberry -- Aesthetics / Richard Shusterman -- Aesthetic experience and the neurobiology of inquiry / Jay Schulkin -- Cognitive science / Mark Johnson -- Inquiry, deliberation, and method / Isaac Levi -- Pragmatic idealism and metaphysical realism / Nicholas Rescher -- Scientific realism, anti-realism, and empiricism / Cheryl J. Misak.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Companion to pragmatism. Malden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell Pub., 2006 ISBN 1405116218
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
DOI:
10.1002/9780470997079
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470997079
