A companion to pragmatism
By: edited by John R. Shook and Joseph Margolis.
Contributors: Shook, John R.; Margolis, Joseph, 1924-
Series: Blackwell companions to philosophy ;; 32
Publisher: Blackwell Pub.
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 431
ISBN-13: 9781405116213
Subjects: Pragmatism.
Description: "A Companion to Pragmatism" provides a comprehensive and current overview of one of the most vibrant and exciting fields of philosophy today. This volume of 38 predominantly new essays demonstrates understanding of the classical figures and their philosophies, while also displaying pragmatism as a living force in philosophy, producing original thought indebted to the founders. "A Companion to Pragmatism" is unique in its depth and breadth of coverage. It is an invaluable resource for anyone wishing to learn about the history and current thought of pragmatism.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Pragmatism, retrospective, and prospective / Joseph Margolis; title: Part I: Major figures; title: Charles Sanders Peirce / Vincent Colapietro; title: William James / Ellen Kappy Suckiel; title: F.C.S. Schiller and European pragmatism / John R. Shook; title: John Dewey / Philip W. Jackson; title: George H. Mead / Gary A. Cook; title: Jane Addams / Marilyn Fischer; title: Alain Locke / Leonard Harris; title: C.I.Lewis / Murray G. Murphey; title: W.V. Quine / Roger F. Gibson, Jr.; title: Hilary Putnam / Harvey J. Cormier; title: Jürgen Habermas / Joseph M. Heath; title: Richard Rorty / Kai Nielsen; title: Part II: Transforming philosophy; title: Not cynicism, but synechism : lessons from Peirce / Susan Haack; title: Peirce and cartesian rationalism / Douglas R. Anderson; title: James, empiricism, and absolute idealism / Timothy L.S. Sprigge; title: Hegel and realism / KennethR. Westphal; title: Dewey, dualism, and naturalism / Thomas Alexander; title: Expressivism and Mead's social self / Mitchell Aboulafia; title: Marxism and critical theory / Paulo Ghiraldelli, Jr.; title: Philosophical hermeneutics / David Vessey; title: Language, mind, and naturalism in analytic philosophy / Bjørn T. Ramberg; title: Feminism / Shannon W. Sullivan; title: Pluralism, relativism, and historicism / Joseph Margolis; title: Experience as freedom / John J. McDermott; title: Part III: Culture and nature; title: Pragmatism as anti-authoritarianism / Richard Rorty; title: Intelligence and ethics / Hilary Putnam; title: Democracy and value inquiry / Ruth Anna Putnam; title: Liberal democracy / Robert B. Westbrook; title: Pluralism and deliberative democracy / Judith M. Green; title: Philosophy as education / Jim Garrison; title: Creativity and society / Hans Joas and Erkki Kilpinen; title: Religious empiricism and naturalism / Nancy K. Frankenberry; title: Aesthetics / Richard M. Shusterman; title: Aesthetic experience and the neurobiology of inquiry / Jay Schulkin; title: Cognitive science / Mark Johnson; title: Inquiry, deliberation, and method / Isaac Leni; title: Pragmatic idealism and metaphysical realism / Nicholas Rescher; title: Scientific realism, anti-realism, and empiricism / Cheryl J. Misak.