The thirteen pragmatisms: and other essays - Arthur Oncken.

This paper joins a broad discussion of the relationship between John Dewey's pragmatism and the tradition of critical theory. In general terms, the historical relationship between pragmatism and critical theory is one in which the antifoundational and practice-oriented dimensions of pragmatism appear to exist in tension, if not outright conflict, with the emancipatory commitments of critical.

The best books on Pragmatism recommended by Robert Talisse. Pragmatism is a philosophical movement that has dominated philosophy in America from the early 1900s to the present day, argues the philosopher and political theorist.

In this book, a philosopher who has been at the centre of contemporary debates about the nature of the mind and of its access to the world, about language and its relation to reality, and many other metaphysical and epistemological issues turns to pragmatism - and confronts the teaching of James, Peirce, Dewey and Wittgenstein, not solely out.

Pragmatism, school of philosophy, dominant in the United States in the first quarter of the 20th century, based on the principle that the usefulness, workability, and practicality of ideas, policies, and proposals are the criteria of their merit. It stresses the priority of action over doctrine, of.

William James’s Pragmatism is likely the most illuminating and entertaining account of pragmatism ever composed. It is, however, more than a popular exposition prepared for the academic.

Essays in Pragmatism book. Read 5 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. The Hafner Library of Classics is a refreshing approach to the.

Whenever a dispute is serious, we ought to be able to show some practical difference that must follow from one side or the other's being right. How many angels can fit on the head of a pin--who cares? WHAT the word PRAGMATISM MEANS: Greek word: Pragma--action--practice and practical. Charles Peirce 1878 (in Popular Science).

Contents: Introduction, Bibliography and Textual Note Lecture I: The Present Dilemma in Philosophy Lecture II: What Pragmatism Means Lecture III: Some Metaphysical Problems Pragmatically Considered Lecture IV: The One and the Many Lecture V: Pragmatism and Common Sense Lecture VI: Pragmatism's Conception of Truth Lecture VII: Pragmatism and Humanism Lecture VIII: Pragmatism and Religion.

Principle vs. Pragmatism. Expediency is an obscene word. It is the word that is ever and always at war with principle. Some years ago, I drove along the Pennsylvania Turnpike about two o’clock in the morning with a friend after having spent all day at a steel corporation in eastern Pennsylvania dealing with labor management issues. My companion was a man who had lost his job as a highly.

The original 1907 edition of Pragmatism is included, as well as classic selections from all of James's other major works. Of particular significance for James scholarship is the supplemented version of Ralph Barton Perry's Annotated Bibliography of the Writings of William James.

Cheryl Misak presents a history of the great American philosophical tradition of pragmatism, from its inception in the Metaphysical Club of the 1870s to the present day. She identifies two dominant lines of thought in the tradition: the first begins with Charles S. Peirce and Chauncey Wright and continues through to Lewis, Quine, and Sellars; the other begins with William James and continues.