The Cambridge Companion to Pragmatism

by Edited by Alan Malachowski

• ISBN13: 9780521125802
• ISBN10: 0521125804
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2013-12-09
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Pragmatism established a philosophical presence over a century ago through the work of Charles Peirce, William James and John Dewey, and has enjoyed an unprecedented revival in recent years owing to the pioneering efforts of Richard Rorty and Hilary Putnam. The essays in this volume explore the history and themes of classic pragmatism, discuss the revival of pragmatism and show how it engages with a range of areas of inquiry including politics, law, education, aesthetics, religion and feminism. Together they provide readers with an overview of the richness and vitality of pragmatist thinking and the influence that it continues to exert both in philosophy and other disciplines. The volume will be of interest to students and scholars of pragmatism, American philosophy and political theory.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction: the pragmatic orientation

Classic Pragmatism:

'Peirce's Principle' and the origins of pragmatism

James' Holism: the human continuum

Dewey's pragmatism: instrumentalism and meliorism

Pragmatism Revived:

W. V. Quine: pragmatism within the limits of empiricism alone

Hegel and pragmatism

Heidegger's pragmatism redux

Practising pragmatist-Wittgensteinianism

Putnam, pragmatism, and the fate of metaphysics

Rorty's contribution to pragmatism: imagination over truth

Pragmatism at Work:

Feminism and pragmatism

Education and the pragmatic temperament

Dewey's pragmatic aesthetics: the contours of experience

Pragmatism and religion

Radical pragmatism

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