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Classical American pragmatism : its contemporary vitality / edited by Sandra B. Rosenthal, Carl R. Hausman, and Douglas R. Anderson.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pragmatism.
- Philosophy, American--20th century.
- Philosophy, American.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 263 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [1999]
- Summary:
- This collection provides a thorough grounding in the philosophy of American pragmatism by examining the views of four principal thinkers -- Charles S. Peirce, William James, John Dewey, and George Herbert Mead -- on issues of central and enduring importance to life in human society.
- Contents:
- Part 1 The Centrality of Practice
- 1. Peirce's Guess at the Riddle of Rationality: Deliberative Imagination as the Personal Locus of Human Practice / Vincent Colapietro 15
- 2. William James's Pragmatism: Purpose, Practice, and Pluralism / John J. Stuhr 31
- 3. From the Biological to the Logical: John Dewey's Logic as a Theory of Inquiry / Raymond Boisvert 45
- 4. Mead: Behavior and the Perceived World / Sandra B. Rosenthal 59
- Part 2 The Significance of Social Life
- 5. Peirce: Inquiry as Social Life / John Lachs 75
- 6. James: Sympathetic Apprehension of the Point of View of the Other / Charlene Haddock Seigfried 85
- 7. Dewey: Pragmatic Technology and Community Life / Larry A. Hickman 99
- 8. Mead: Social Experience and the Individual / Mitchell Aboulafia 120
- Part 3 Quality, Value, and Normative Conditions
- 9. Peirce: Ethics and the Conduct of Life / Douglas R. Anderson 137
- 10. James: Religion and Individuality / Eugene Fontinell 146
- 11. John Dewey and the Aesthetics of Human Experience / Thomas M. Alexander 160
- 12. Mead: The Nature of Rights / Beth J. Singer 174
- Part 4 Creativity, Experience, and the World
- 13. Evolutionary Realism and Charles Peirce's Pragmatism / Carl R. Hausman 193
- 14. James: Experience and Creative Growth / Kelly A. Parker 209
- 15. Dewey: Creative Intelligence and Emergent Reality / James Gouinlock 224
- 16. Mead: The Many Faces of Processive Creativity / Gary A. Cook 237.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0252024540
- 0252067606
- OCLC:
- 39465113
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