Pragmatism and philosophical anthropology
Subtitle: understanding our human life in a human world
By: Sami Pihlström.
Series: American university studies.; v. 186
Publisher: P. Lang; Lang AG International Academic Publishers, Peter
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
Subjects: Philosophical anthropology.; Pragmatism.
Description: "Pragmatism, the single originally American philosophical tradition, has in recent decades once again become widely discussed in many fields of philosophy, including metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of science, philosophy of religion, and moral philosophy. This study seeks to show, both historically and systematically, that the issue of "human nature," the main problem of philosophical anthropology, is (or at least should be) at the center of pragmatistic philosophizing.

The author formulates a contemporary version of pragmatism largely based on William James's (1842-1910) work, arguing that such a neo-Jamesian framework also can meet postmodernistic and irrationalistic threats."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-277) and index.