1st Edition
Pragmatism and Objectivity Essays Sparked by the Work of Nicholas Rescher
Foreword
Cheryl Misak
Introduction
Sami Pihlström
Part I: Truth and Reality
Chapter 1. Pragmatic Realism, Idealism, and Pluralism: A Rescherian Balance?
Sami Pihlström
Chapter 2: Pragmatism and Metaphilosophy
Scott F. Aikin and Robert B. Talisse
Chapter 3. Prospects for an Objective Pragmatism: Frank Ramsey on Truth, Meaning, and Justification
Griffin Klemick
Chapter 4: Pragmatism and Science
Robert Almeder
Chapter 5. Is Kant a Confused Pragmatist?
Tom Rockmore
Chapter 6. Toward a More Peircean Version of Pragmatic Realism
Vincent Colapietro
Part II: Reasoning
Chapter 7. Ramsey’s Theory of Belief and the Problem of Attitude Divergence
Jessica Wright
Chapter 8. Concrete Reasonableness and Pragmatist Ideals: Peirce and Rescher on Normative Theory
Rosa Mayorga
Chapter 9. Obliquely about Realism: The State of Play of a Minor Affair
Joseph Margolis
Part III: Value
Chapter 10. Rescherean Pragmatism
Joseph C. Pitt
Chapter 11. Pragmatism and the Inseparability of Objectivity and Solidarity: Rescher on Rhetorical Rationality, Method and Cooperative Interaction
Helmut Pape
Chapter 12. Psychology of Desire and the Pragmatics of Betterment
Timo Airaksinen
Chapter 13. From Method to Medicine: A Pragmatist Approach to Bioethics
Diana B. Heney
Chapter 14. Moral Responsibility and the Cognitive Status of Ethical Ideals
John R. Shook
Biography
Sami Pihlström is Director of the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies and Professor of Philosophy of Religion at the University of Helsinki, Finland.
"Rescher's masterly corpus is legendary in its scope and volume. This collection focuses on issues prompted by his avowed pragmatism. Philosophers who have long studied and commented on Rescher's work have been asked to share this focus, which results in a welcome avenue to understanding pragmatism, as well as Rescher's system and its unifying themes."—Ernest Sosa, Rutgers University, USA
