A companion to pragmatism / John R. Shook.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shook, John R.

Margolis, Joseph, 1924-

Series:

Blackwell companions to philosophy ; 32.

Blackwell companions to philosophy ; 32

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pragmatism.

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

xii, 431 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Malden, Mass. ; Oxford : Blackwell Pub., 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A Companion to Pragmatism, comprised of 38 newly commissioned essays, provides comprehensive coverage of one of the most vibrant and exciting fields of philosophy today. * Unique in depth and coverage of classical figures and their philosophies as well as pragmatism as a living force in philosophy. * Chapters include discussions on philosophers such as John Dewey, Jürgen Habermas and Hilary Putnam.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

9786610286058

9781782684787

1782684786

9781280286056

1280286059

9781405164887

1405164883

9780470997079

0470997079

9781405153119

1405153113

OCLC:

935228378