Rethinking pragmatism / Robert Schwartz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schwartz, Robert, 1940-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pragmatism.

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (185 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Rethinking Pragmatism explores the work of the American Pragmatists, particularly James and Dewey, challenging entrenched views of their positions on truth, meaning, instrumentalism, realism, pluralism and religious beliefs. It clarifies pragmatic ideas and arguments spelling out the significant implications they have for present-day philosophical controversies. Explores the work of the American Pragmatists, especially James and Dewey, on the issues of truth, reference, meaning, instrumentalism, essences, realism, pluralism and religious beliefs. <

Contents:

Rethinking Pragmatism: From William James to Contemporary Philosophy; Contents; Acknowledgments; Bibliographic Key; Introduction; Background Themes; 1: The Place of Values in Inquiry (Lecture I); 2: The Pragmatic Maxim and Pragmatic Instrumentalism (Lecture II); 3: Substance and Other Metaphysical Claims (Lecture III); 4: Materialism, Physicalism, and Reduction (Lecture IV); 5: Ontological Commitment and the Nature of the Real (Lecture V); 6: Pragmatic Semantics and Pragmatic Truth (Lecture VI); 7: Worldmaking (Lecture VII); 8: Belief, Hope, and Conjecture (Lecture VIII); Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613406040

9781283406048

1283406047

9781118253694

1118253698

9781118253687

111825368X

9781118253700

1118253701

OCLC:

769927172