A wide-ranging anthology of key pragmatist writings The Pragmatism Reader is the essential anthology of this important p......more
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As science becomes more deeply embedded in a complex technological infrastructure, has this changed the relationship bet......more
Pragmatism has experienced a renaissance in social theory in recent years. This is no wonder since the so-called classic......more
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According to metaphysical naturalism science has given us overwhelming reason to see the world as made up just of physic......more
In the first expansive study of American pastoral since Leo Marx’s The Machine in the Garden, Mikkelsen reinvigorates di......more
This book explores Wittgenstein’s conception of ethics, religion and philosophy. It aims at providing us with the tools ......more
How can one think about a thing, think something false about it, and still be thinking about that thing at all? If a con......more
Frederick R. Bauer captures the essence of William James in Science, God s Hard Gift. We have all heard the word pragma......more
Frederick R. Bauer captures the essence of William James in Science, God s Hard Gift. We have all heard the word pragma......more
According to the dominant theory of meaning, truth-conditional semantics, to explain the meaning of a statement is to sp......more
An Unabridged, Unaltered Edition To Include A Comprehensive Index: The Will To Believe - Is Life Worth Living - The Sent......more
Agrifood biotechnology - the genetic transformation of plants and animals through recombinant means - has created contro......more
When Richard Rorty died on June 8, 2007, obituaries lionized him as one of the "world’s most influential cultural philos......more
Pragmatism and the Reflective Life explains the moral perspective embedded in the pragmatist tradition of American philo......more
The work of Jürgen Habermas (b. 1929) has been highly influential both in philosophy and across many disciplines in the ......more
The work of Jürgen Habermas (b. 1929) has been highly influential both in philosophy and across many disciplines in the ......more
Although Jane Addams’s Twenty Years at Hull-House is considered an American classic, her dozen books and hundreds of pub......more
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The philosophy of mathematics plays a vital role in the mature philosophy of Charles S. Peirce. Peirce received rigorous......more
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In this major new work, Richard J. Bernstein argues that many of the most important themes in philosophy during the past......more
In Reality and Its Appearance, Nicholas Rescher aims to address the conceptual and analytical question: how does the con......more
In this path-breaking new work, Gregory Jusdanis asks why literature matters. Why are we afraid to admit our pleasures o......more
This book addresses the rift between major philosophical factions in the United States, which the author describes as a ......more
This book addresses the rift between major philosophical factions in the United States, which the author describes as a ......more
The pragmatism that emerges from this exploration of its classic and new wave forms is then assessed in terms of bot......more
William James claimed that his Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking would prove triumphant and epoch-mak......more
" Reflexivity" is defined as the regular exercise of the mental ability, shared by all normal people, to consider themse......more
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Pragmatism is America s best-known native philosophy. It espouses a practical set of beliefs and principles that focus o......more
In what kind of world and for what kind of thought is time real, history open, and novelty possible? In what kind of wor......more
Described by Hilary Putnam as "both a fine introduction and a significant contribution" to epistemology, and by Anthony ......more
Pragmatist Metaphysics proposes a pragmatist re-articulation of the nature, aims and methods of metaphysics. Rather than......more
Pragmatism and the Reflective Life explains the moral perspective embedded in the pragmatist tradition of American philo......more
Jim Garrison is Professor of Philosophy and Education at Virginia Tech. His many books include The Educational Conversat......more
At the National University of Singapore, Sor-hoon Tan is Associate Professor of Philosophy, and John Whalen-Bridge is As......more
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Pragmatism is the view that our philosophical concepts must be connected to our practices - philosophy must stay connect......more
Pragmatism has been called "the chief glory of our country’s intellectual tradition" by its supporters and "a dog’s dinn......more
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Nelson Goodman (1906-1998) was one of the outstanding thinkers of the 20th century. In a memorial note, Hilary Putnam co......more
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The primary goal of this volume is to describe the contemporary state of affairs in Western psychotherapy, and to do so ......more
The concept of rationality is a common thread through the human and social sciences -- from political science to philoso......more
This book shows how a sophisticated version of pragmatism, resting on a novel conception of rationality, can justify a r......more
The book aims to provide a process-philosophical perspective philosophizing itself. It employs the perspectives of proce......more
Habits of Whiteness offers a new way to talk about race and racism by focusing on racial habits and how to change them. ......more
The texts of the book are concerned with G. Bergmann’s open and new problems and their active role on issues in contempo......more
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Many contemporary constructivists are particularly attuned to Dewey’s penetrating criticism of traditional epistemology,......more
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This collection of essays provides a small revolution in the study of Roman Catholic Modernism, a movement that until no......more
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A Companion to Pragmatism, comprised of 38 newly commissioned essays, provides comprehensive coverage of one of the most......more
Concentrating mainly on the process philosophy developed by Alfred North Whitehead, this series of essays brings togethe......more
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The recent revival of interest in pragmatism has reintroduced into mainstream philosophy the insights and arguments of g......more
In this appreciation of John Dewey s enormous contribution to American philosophy, Richard M Gale argues that what makes......more
An argument that a pragmatist approach to reference offers a corrective to the prevailing analytic views on the topic. D......more
The claim once made by philosophers of unique knowledge of the essence of humanity and society has fallen into disrepute......more
Using a multidisciplinary approach, contributors to this volume explore the significance of John Dewey s Pragmatism for ......more
Why is real-world experience vital to a mature appreciation of any philosophical system? Why is the search for objectiv......more
This theoretically motivated approach to pragmatics (vs. semantics) produces a radically new view of culture and its rol......more
Gustav Bergmann (1906-1987) was, arguably, one of the greatest ontologists of the twentieth century. In 2006 and 2007, a......more
In this provocative book, Eddie S. Glaude Jr., one of our nation’s rising young African American intellectuals, makes an......more
Naturalism is the reigning creed in analytic philosophy. Naturalists claim that natural science provides a complete acco......more
Focusing on issues of diversity, difference, and inclusion, leading scholars explore John Dewey s pluralistic, deliberat......more
This book presents current research that discusses some of the major issues in pragmatics from new perspectives, and dir......more
In The Domestication of Derrida, Lorenzo Fabbri argues that Rorty’s powerful reading protocol is motivated by the necess......more
This volume rescues an often misunderstood, underappreciated, and radical John Dewey. It centers on his rejection of tra......more
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Michael Bacon gives a critical presentation of Rorty’s writings on pragmatism and political theory, comparing and contra......more
In a career extending over almost six decades, Nicholas Rescher has conducted researches in almost every principal area ......more
The book aims at a comprehensive account of the relationship between Wittgenstein’s Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus and R......more
The interpretation of Spinoza’s theologico-political teaching remains a matter of controversy. Is Spinoza simply address......more
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A ground-breaking introduction to one of America’s most prominent philosophers An icon of philosophy and psychology duri......more
Volume 11 brings together all of Dewey s writings for 1918 and 1919. A Modern Language Association Committee on Scholarl......more
Volume 11 brings together all of Dewey s writings for 1918 and 1919. A Modern Language Association Committee on Scholarl......more