The Pragmatism Reader: From Peirce Through the Present - Couverture souple

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ISBN 10 : 0691137064 ISBN 13 : 9780691137063

Editeur : Princeton University Press, 2011

Synopsis

A wide-ranging anthology of key pragmatist writings

The Pragmatism Reader is the essential anthology of this important philosophical movement. Each selection featured here is a key writing by a leading pragmatist thinker, and represents a distinctively pragmatist approach to a core philosophical problem. The collection includes work by pragmatism's founders, Charles Peirce, William James, and John Dewey, as well as seminal writings by mid-twentieth-century pragmatists such as Sidney Hook, C. I. Lewis, Nelson Goodman, Rudolf Carnap, Wilfrid Sellars, and W.V.O. Quine. This reader also includes the most important work in contemporary pragmatism by philosophers like Susan Haack, Cornel West, Hilary Putnam, Richard Rorty, Cheryl Misak, and Robert Brandom. Each selection is a stand-alone piece--not an excerpt or book chapter--and each is presented fully unabridged.

The Pragmatism Reader challenges the notion that pragmatism fell into a midcentury decline and was dormant until the advent of "neopragmatism" in the 1980s. This comprehensive anthology reveals a rich and highly influential tradition running unbroken through twentieth-century philosophy and continuing today. It shows how American pragmatist philosophers have contributed to leading philosophical debates about truth, meaning, knowledge, experience, belief, existence, justification, and freedom.

• Covers pragmatist philosophy from its origins to today
• Features key writings by the leading pragmatist thinkers
• Demonstrates the continuity and enduring influence of pragmatism
• Challenges prevailing notions about pragmatism
• Includes only stand-alone pieces, completely unabridged
• Reflects the full range of pragmatist themes, arguments, concerns, and commitments

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Robert B. Talisse is professor of philosophy at Vanderbilt University. His books include A Pragmatist Philosophy of Democracy. Scott F. Aikin is senior lecturer in philosophy at Vanderbilt. He is the coauthor, with Robert Talisse, of Pragmatism: A Guide for the Perplexed.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Princeton University Press
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0691137064
• ISBN 13: 9780691137063
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 504
• Éditeur: Talisse Robert B., Aikin Scott F.
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