Anti Pragmatism

Author : Richard Rorty
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 273 pages
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Release : 2021-08-17
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780674248915

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Pragmatism as Anti-Authoritarianism by Richard Rorty Pdf

The last book by the eminent American philosopher and public intellectual Richard Rorty, providing the definitive statement of his mature philosophical and political views. Richard RortyÕs Pragmatism as Anti-Authoritarianism is a last statement by one of AmericaÕs foremost philosophers. Here Rorty offers his culminating thoughts on the influential version of pragmatism he began to articulate decades ago in his groundbreaking Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature. Marking a new stage in the evolution of his thought, RortyÕs final masterwork identifies anti-authoritarianism as the principal impulse and virtue of pragmatism. Anti-authoritarianism, on this view, means acknowledging that our cultural inheritance is always open to revision because no authority exists to ascertain the truth, once and for all. If we cannot rely on the unshakable certainties of God or nature, then all we have left to go onÑand argue withÑare the opinions and ideas of our fellow humans. The test of these ideas, Rorty suggests, is relatively simple: Do they work? Do they produce the peace, freedom, and happiness we desire? To achieve this enlightened pragmatism is not easy, though. Pragmatism demands trust. Pragmatism demands that we think and care about what others think and care about, which further requires that we account for othersÕ doubts of and objections to our own beliefs. After all, our own beliefs are as contestable as anyone elseÕs. A supple mind who draws on theorists from John Stuart Mill to Annette Baier, Rorty nonetheless is always an apostle of the concrete. No book offers a more accessible account of RortyÕs utopia of pragmatism, just as no philosopher has more eloquently challenged the hidebound traditions arrayed against the goals of social justice.

Author : Richard Rorty
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2021-08-17
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780674270060

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Pragmatism as Anti-Authoritarianism by Richard Rorty Pdf

“Provocative and engaging...The array of urgent questions and crises facing our democracy makes one miss Richard Rorty’s voice: insistent, relentlessly questioning, and dedicated to the proposition that we can’t afford to let our democracy fail.” —Chris Lehmann, New Republic “Richard Rorty was the most iconoclastic and dramatic philosopher of the last half-century. In this final book, his unique literary style, singular intellectual zest, and demythologizing defiance of official philosophy are on full display.” —Cornel West “Coherent, often brilliant, and it presents a clear and timely case for political pragmatism.” —Jonathan Rée, Prospect “Today, there are few philosophers left whose thoughts are inspired by a unifying vision; there are even fewer who can articulate such a view in terms of such a ravishing flow of provocative, but sharp and differentiated, arguments.” —Jürgen Habermas Richard Rorty’s final masterwork offers his culminating thoughts on the influential version of pragmatism he began to articulate decades ago in his groundbreaking Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature. He identifies anti-authoritarianism as the principal impulse and virtue of pragmatism. Anti-authoritarianism, in this view, means acknowledging that our cultural inheritance is always open to revision because no authority exists to ascertain the truth, once and for all. If we cannot rely on the unshakable certainties of God or nature, then all we have left to go on—and argue with—are the opinions and ideas of our fellow humans. The test of these ideas, Rorty suggests, is relatively simple: Do they work? Do they produce the peace, freedom, and happiness we desire? To achieve this enlightened pragmatism is not easy, though. Pragmatism demands trust. It demands that we think and care about what others think and care about, and that we account for their doubts of and objections to our own beliefs. No book offers a more accessible account of pragmatism, just as no philosopher has more eloquently challenged the hidebound traditions arrayed against the goals of social justice.

Author : Albert Schinz
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2015-12-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1522949860

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Anti-Pragmatism by Albert Schinz Pdf

The Monist has published an analysis of the French edition of this book, in the July number, 1909, pp. 474-475. Its author, now Associate Professor of French Literature in Bryn Mawr College, was formerly "Professeur agrégé de philosophic" at the University of Neuchatel. The English edition contains some new features: (1) A "warning" in which the author asks his readers to remember that he does not attack a pragmatic conception of life, but only a pragmatic philosophy. (2) The author has taken the trouble in many cases to refer to other philosophers who simultaneously with him had addressed objections to pragmatists similar to his own (e. g., Bakewell, Carus, Creighton, Hibben, etc.) and to emphasize the unanimity of critics on both sides of the ocean. (3) In an Appendix: "Answer to Various Criticisms," Mr. Schinz begins by exposing the comfortable argument of silence so profusely used by pragmatists. They have been accused repeatedly of ignoring the criticisms directed against them by simply declaring that others did not understand them, or refusing to see the real point at issue. They say that pragmatism is not subjectivism, but they do not prove it. All their opponents agree on that point; therefore Mr. Schinz asks whether it is not perhaps "the pragmatists who refuse to see the point at issue." Mr. Schiller (in Mind) has protested against the dilemma of the author of Anti-Pragmatism, viz., either pragmatism recognizes the rights of reason, and then it is not different from any philosophy; or it does not recognize those rights, then it has a right to the claim of being a new philosophy, but because it is irrational-is false. Mr. Schinz maintains his position by new quotations from Schiller's books. Mr. Schinz replies to those who accuse him of considering pragmatism as a low sort of utilitarianism. He also meets the question of Naville of Geneva: If science is bad morally for the masses, why should it not be bad for the intellectual aristocracy also? Finally to those who tell him that his viewpoint is not anti-pragmatic but hyper-pragmatic (Paulhan, Compayre, Faguet, Schiller) the author says that for him pragmatism as a social doctrine is not bad, but philosophically it is false. We find that truth is morally bad; why then should we not, for the benefit of humanity, preach something better, which is not true? For pragmatists good and true agree; for Mr. Schinz they do not.

Author : Albert Schinz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1909
Category : Pragmatism
ISBN : UOM:39015036949884

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Anti-pragmatism; an Examination Into the Respective Rights of Intellectual Aristocracy and Social Democracy by Albert Schinz Pdf

Author : Hugh P. McDonald
Publisher : Editions Rodopi
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2012-08
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9789401208406

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Pragmatism and Environmentalism by Hugh P. McDonald Pdf

The growing literature on Environmental Ethics has ballooned into a separate sub-field within philosophy, involving ethical studies concerning the value of other species, of ecosystems, and of the environment of all living things as a whole. Some consider Environmental Ethics to be a revolution in ethics which will completely change the human-centered orientation of morals and reorient it to include all species, ecosystems or the larger biosphere. This volume explores pragmatist approaches to ethics that can be used for environmental issues. Pragmatism may provide both a more defensible theory of non-anthropomorphic and intrinsic value than other ethical schools, and, more generally, supply an alternative model of what environmental philosophy could be. The holism of pragmatists constitutes a challenge to value and ethics centered in the individual, and a useful ground for more holistic theories of value which, some have argued, is more suitable to an environmental, as opposed to a humane, ethic. The authors of this bookOCOs chapters defend their understandings of pragmatism in the course of explaining contemporary ways to reconstruct central foundations to environmental ethics."

Author : Ulf Schulenberg
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 257 pages
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Release : 2023-08-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9798765102466

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Humanism, Anti-Authoritarianism, and Literary Aesthetics by Ulf Schulenberg Pdf

Presenting pragmatist humanism as a form of anti-authoritarianism, this book sheds light on the contemporary significance of pragmatist aesthetics and the revival of humanism. This interdisciplinary study shows that a mediation between pragmatist aesthetics – which emphasizes the significance of creating, making, and inventing – and Marxist materialist aesthetics – which values form – promises interesting results and that the former can learn from the latter. In doing so, Ulf Schulenberg discusses 3 layers of the multi-layered phenomenon that is the revival of humanism: He first explains the potential of a pragmatist humanism, clarifying the contemporary significance of humanism. He then argues that pragmatist humanism is a form of anti-authoritarianism. Finally, he shows the possibility of bringing together the resurgence of humanism and a renewed interest in the work of aesthetic form by arguing that pragmatist aesthetics needs a more complex conception of form. Establishing a transatlantic theoretical dialogue, Humanism, Anti-Authoritarianism, and Literary Aesthetics brings together literary and aesthetic theory, philosophy, and intellectual history. It discusses a broad range of authors – from Emerson, Whitman, James, Nietzsche, Proust, and Dewey to Wittgenstein, Lukács, Adorno, Jameson, Latour, and Rorty – to illuminate how humanism, pragmatism, and anti-authoritarianism are interlinked.

Author : John R. Shook
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 654 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2022-07-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789004495135

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Pragmatism by John R. Shook Pdf

Designed to fill a large gap in American philosophy scholarship, this bibliography covers the first four decades of the pragmatic movement. It references most of the philosophical works by the twelve major figures of pragmatism: Charles S. Peirce, William James, John Dewey, George H. Mead, F.C.S. Schiller, Giovanni Papini, Giovanni Vailati, Guiseppe Prezzolini, Mario Calderoni, A.W. Moore, John E. Boodin, and C.I. Lewis. It also includes writings of dozens of minor pragmatic writers, along with those by commentators and critics of pragmatism. It encompasses literature not only concerning pragmatism as an alliance of philosophical theories of meaning, inquiry, belief, knowledge, logic, truth, ontology, value, and morality, but also as an intellectual and cultural force impacting art, literature, education, the social and natural sciences, religion, and politics. This bibliography contains 2,794 main entries and more than 2,000 additional references, organized by year of publication. 2,101 of the references include annotation. Its international scope is focused on writings in English, French, German, and Italian, though many other languages are also represented. Peter H. Hare contributed the Guest Preface. The introduction contains an historical orientation to pragmatism and guides to recent studies of pragmatic figures. This work is extensively cross-referenced, and it has exhaustive and lengthy author and subject indexes.

Author : Mark Okrent
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781501742811

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Heidegger's Pragmatism by Mark Okrent Pdf

Heidegger's Pragmatism deals with the relation between Martin Heidegger's early analysis of intentionality and his eventual rejection of metaphysics. Arguing for the essentially pragmatic nature of the early Heidegger's discussion of understanding, Mark Okrent shows that Heidegger's subsequent critique of metaphysics follows directly from his long-held pragmatic understanding of intentionality. Heidegger's Pragmatism is written with a clarity that makes it accessible to analytic and continental philosophers alike. Its boldly original conclusions will engage Heidegger scholars, literary theorists, intellectual historians, and a wide range of philosophers.

Author : Albert Schinz
Publisher : Wentworth Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2019-02-20
Category : History
ISBN : 0353985430

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Anti-Pragmatism by Albert Schinz Pdf

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Author : William James
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2023-09-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783387039108

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The Meaning of Truth; A Sequel To pragmatism by William James Pdf

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Author : Douglas McDermid
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2008-09-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781441118912

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The Varieties of Pragmatism by Douglas McDermid Pdf

For much of the twentieth century, many Anglo-American philosophers supported three theses - one about reality, one about truth, and one about human knowledge - that, taken together, underwrote debates in epistemology. The first was realism: the commonsensical-sounding view that the world of physical objects exists independently of human thought or language. The second was the correspondence theory of truth, according to which true statements or beliefs are those which accurately represent the way the world is. The third was foundationalism: the view that our knowledge of the world, like an edifice, must rest on firm foundations (i.e. on beliefs whose justification does not depend on any other beliefs). In the last two decades, however, a radical anti-epistemology movement led by the influential American philosopher Richard Rorty has put partisans of all three theses on the defensive. Moreover, Rorty has repeatedly claimed that his opposition to the shibboleths of traditional epistemology draws inspiration from the grand tradition of Pragmatism (especially from William James and John Dewey. In this important new book, Douglas McDermid argues persuasively for two key claims: first, that the so-called "Neo-Pragmatist" critique of traditional epistemology is thoroughly unconvincing; second, that Rorty is guilty of taking the name of Pragmatism in vain, since there are crucial and far-reaching differences between Neo-Pragmatism and the Classical Pragmatism of James and Dewey. The Varieties of Pragmatism will take its place in the forefront of the literature on this most vital part of the American philosophical legacy.

Author : William James
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2000-04-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0140437355

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Pragmatism and Other Writings by William James Pdf

The writings of William James represent one of America's most original contributions to the history of ideas. Ranging from philosophy and psychology to religion and politics, James composed the most engaging formulation of American pragmatism. 'Pragmatism' grew out of a set of lectures and the full text is included here along with 'The Meaning of Truth', 'Psychology', 'The Will to Believe', and 'Talks to Teachers on Psychology'.

Author : Richard Rorty
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0816610649

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Consequences of Pragmatism by Richard Rorty Pdf

Rorty seeks to tie philosophy's past to its future by connecting what he sees as the positive (and neglected) contributions of the American pragmatic philosophers to contemporary European developments. What emerges from his explorations is a revivified version of pragmatism that offers new hope for the future of philosophy."Rorty's dazzling tour through the history of modern philosophy, and his critical account of its present state (the best general introduction in print), is actually an argument that what we consider perennial problems--mind and body, consciousness and objects, the foundations of knowledge, the fact/value distinction--are merely the dead-ends this picture leads us into." Los Angeles Times Book Review"It can immediately be said that Consequences of Pragmatism must be read by both those who believe that they agree and those who believe that they disagree with Richard Rorty. [He] is far and away the most provocative philosophical writer working in North America today, and Consequences of Pragmatism should make this claim even stronger."The Review of Metaphysics"Philosophy, for Rorty, is a form of writing, a literary genre, closer to literary criticism than anything else, a criticism which takes for one of its major concerns the texts of the past recognized as philosophical: it interprets interpretations. If anyone doubts the continued vigor and continuing relevance of American pragmatism, the doubts can be laid to rest by reading this book." Religious Studies Review

Author : Cheryl Misak
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2018-08-09
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780191088964

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Cambridge Pragmatism by Cheryl Misak Pdf

Cheryl Misak offers a strikingly new view of the development of philosophy in the twentieth century. Pragmatism, the home-grown philosophy of America, thinks of truth not as a static relation between a sentence and the believer-independent world, but rather, a belief that works. The founders of pragmatism, Peirce and James, developed this idea in more (Peirce) and less (James) objective ways. The standard story of the reception of American pragmatism in England is that Russell and Moore savaged James's theory, and that pragmatism has never fully recovered. An alternative, and underappreciated, story is told here. The brilliant Cambridge mathematician, philosopher and economist, Frank Ramsey, was in the mid-1920s heavily influenced by the almost-unheard-of Peirce and was developing a pragmatist position of great promise. He then transmitted that pragmatism to his friend Wittgenstein, although had Ramsey lived past the age of 26 to see what Wittgenstein did with that position, Ramsey would not have like what he saw.

Author : Sami Pihlström
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2024-02-22
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781350324015

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The Bloomsbury Handbook of Pragmatism by Sami Pihlström Pdf

Pragmatism provides not just a theoretical perspective on science and inquiry, but ways of being in the world, of knowing the reality we inhabit. Approaching this philosophical tradition as a diverse set of philosophies that it is, The Bloomsbury Handbook of Pragmatism introduces many of the ideas and debates at the centre of the field today. Focusing on issues in different subject areas, this up-to-date handbook covers current research in aesthetics, economics, education, ethics, history, law, metaphysics, politics, race, religion, science and technology, language, and social theory. Supported by an introduction to research methods and problems, as well as a guide to past and future directions in the field, chapters are enhanced by a 'how to use' guide and glossary. Now expanded, this edition includes new chapters on pragmatism and various global and regional philosophical traditions, as well as feminism and environmental philosophy. Showing where important work continues to be done, the tensions that exist, and, most valuably, the exciting new directions the field is taking, The Bloomsbury Handbook of Pragmatism advances our understanding of the role of pragmatism in 21st century philosophy.