1st Edition
Pragmatism The Restoration of Its Scientific Roots
Edited By Nicholas Rescher
Copyright 2012
313 Pages
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Routledge
320 Pages
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Routledge
313 Pages
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Routledge
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Pragmatism is rooted in the linking of practice and theory. It describes a process where theory is extracted from practice, and applied back to practice to form what is called intelligent practice. Pragmatism was intended, by Charles S. Peirce, its founder, as a doctrine for the rational substantiation of knowledge claims. For Peirce, what mattered was successful prediction and control. Practice... Read more
Introduction Pragmatism at the Crossroads; 1: Pragmatism and Purpose; 2: Pragmatism and Language; 3: Pragmatism, Cognition, and Truth; 4: Pragmatism and Rational Inquiry; 5: Pragmatism and the Aims of Science; 6: A Pragmatic Justification of Induction; 7: Pragmatism and Logic; 8: Pragmatism and Philosophy; 9: Morality, Pragmatism, and the Obligations of Personhood; 10: The Pragmatism of Ideals; 11: Political Pragmatism; 12: Pragmatic Realism in Metaphysics; 13: Pragmatism and Art; 14: Pragmatism in Religion (The Case of Pascal); 15: Objections to Pragmatism; 16: Pragmatism’s Historical Development
Biography
Nicholas Rescher
