Pragmatism: A Contemporary Reader

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Russell B. Goodman
Psychology Press, 1995 - 317 pages

Russell Goodman examines the curious reemergence of pragmatism in a field dominated in the past decades by phenomenology, logic, positivism, and deconstruction. With contributions from major contemporary and classical thinkers such as Cornel West, Richard Rorty, Nancy Fraser, Charles Sanders Peirce, and Ralph Waldo Emerson, Russell has gathered an impressive chorus of philosophical voices that reexamine the origins and complexities of neo-pragmatism.

The contributors discuss the relationship of pragmatism and literary theory, phenomenology, existentialism, and the work of Ralph Waldo Emerson. They question the meaning of pragmatics, what it is to be practical, and ask provocative questions such as: what is reading? and whether democracy is a precondition for the functioning of intelligence. This work places this reemergent and interesting neo-development in its proper context and will provide readers with a strong sense of the movement's foundations, history, and subtlities.

 

Contents

RALPH WALDO EMERSON
11
CHARLES SANDERS PEIRCE
17
PRAGMATISM
34
Does Reality Possess Practical Character?
76
RICHARD RORTY
104
NANCY FRASER
142
HILARY PUTNAM
160
CORNEL WEST
206
IAN HACKING
234
STANLEY FISH
250
RICHARD POIRIER
266
STANLEY CAVELL
294
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
306
INDEX
313
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