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The things in heaven and earth : an essay in pragmatic naturalism / John Ryder.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ryder, John, 1951-
- Series:
- American philosophy.
- American philosophy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Naturalism.
- Pragmatism.
- Philosophy, American--20th century.
- Philosophy, American.
- Buchler, Justus, 1914-.
- Buchler, Justus.
- Dewey, John, 1859-1952.
- Dewey, John.
- Randall, John Herman, Jr., 1899-1980.
- Randall, John Herman.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 327 p.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Fordham University Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume develops and applies the American philosophical naturalist tradition of the mid-20th century. It argues for the philosophical value and usefulness of this underappreciated tradition for a number of contemporary theoretical and practical issues, such as the modernist/postmodernist divide and debates over philosophical constructivism.
- Contents:
- Contemporary pragmatic naturalism
- Reconciling pragmatism and naturalism
- Value of pragmatic naturalism
- Being and knowing
- Ontology of constitutive relations
- Particulars and relations
- Making sense of world making
- God and faith
- Art and knowledge
- Social experience
- Democratic challenge
- Democracy and its problems
- International relations and foreign policy
- Cosmopolitanism and humanism
- Pragmatic, naturalism, and the big narrative.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8232-4469-5
- 0-8232-5277-9
- 0-8232-5059-8
- OCLC:
- 859687495
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