Rethinking pragmatism: from William James to contemporary philosophy

Rethinking Pragmatism explores the work of the American Pragmatists, particularly James and Dewey, challenging entrenched views of their positions on truth, meaning, instrumentalism, realism, pluralism and religious beliefs. It clarifies pragmatic ideas and arguments spelling out the significant implications they have for present-day philosophical controversies.Explores the work of the American Pragmatists, especially James and Dewey, on the issues of truth, reference, meaning, instrumentalism, essences, realism, pluralism and religious beliefs. The only available publication to provide a detailed commentary on James's book, Pragmatism, while exploring the implications of the American Pragmatists' ideas and arguments for contemporary philosophical issuesChallenges standard readings of the American Pragmatists' positions in a way that illuminatesand questions the assumptions underlying current discussions of these topics.Coherently arranged by structuring the book around the themes discussed in each chapter of James's original work.Provides a new analysis and understanding of the pragmatic theory of truth and semantics. INDICE: Acknowledgments viiiBibliographic Key ixIntroduction 1Background Themes 91 The Place of Values in Inquiry (Lecture I) 152 The Pragmatic Maxim and Pragmatic Instrumentalism (Lecture II) 313 Substance and Other Metaphysical Claims (Lecture III) 524 Materialism, Physicalism, and Reduction (Lecture IV) 675 Ontological Commitment and the Nature of the Real (Lecture V) 786 Pragmatic Semantics and Pragmatic Truth (Lecture VI) 927 Worldmaking (Lecture VII) 1248 Belief, Hope, and Conjecture (Lecture VIII) 140Bibliography 157Index 163

• ISBN: 978-0-470-67469-7
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 184
• Fecha Publicación: 16/03/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés