Pragmatism as Post-Postmodernism [electronic resource] : Lessons from John Dewey /
Hickman, Larry A.,1942-
New York : Fordham University Press,
2007.
Larry A. Hickman presents John Dewey as very much at home in the busy mix of contemporary philosophy - as a thinker whose work now, more than 50 years after his death, still furnishes fresh insights into cutting-edge philosophical debates.
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Larry A. Hickman presents John Dewey as very much at home in the busy mix of contemporary philosophy - as a thinker whose work now, more than 50 years after his death, still furnishes fresh insights into cutting-edge philosophical debates.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Postmodernism -- Classical pragmatism : waiting at the end of the road -- Pragmatism, postmodernism, and global citizenship -- Classical pragmatism, postmodernism, and neopragmatism -- Technology -- Classical pragmatism and communicative action : Jürgen Habermas -- From critical theory to pragmatism : Andrew Feenberg -- A neo-Heideggerian critique of technology : Albert Borgmann -- Doing and making in a democracy : John Dewey -- The environment -- Nature as culture : John Dewey and Aldo Leopold -- Green pragmatism : reals without realism, ideals without idealism -- Classical pragmatism -- What was Dewey's magic number? -- Cultivating a common faith : Dewey's religion -- Beyond the epistemology industry : Dewey's theory of inquiry -- The homo faber debate in Dewey and Max Scheler -- Productive pragmatism : habits as artifacts in Peirce and Dewey.
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Dewey, John, 1859-1952.
Postmodernism.
Pragmatism.