Pragmatic Humanism Revisited

Author : Ana Honnacker
Publisher : Springer
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783030024413

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Pragmatic Humanism Revisited by Ana Honnacker Pdf

How can we feel at home in this world without clinging to false certainties? This book offers a humanist re-reading of philosophical pragmatism and explores its potentials for a worldview that relies only on human resources. Thinking along with authors like William James and F.C.S. Schiller, it highlights a fundamentally humanist strand of pragmatism aimed at fostering human creativity and transformative action. It is grounded in everyday experience and underlines our responsibility to strive for the better. Ana Honnacker traces perspectives on science, religion, and ethics in the light of a pragmatic understanding of humanism. Furthermore, she suggests how to address the existential challenges we face today. Thus, pragmatic humanism is explored not only as a philosophy for critical minds, but also as a way of life.

Author : Reuben Abel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : STANFORD:36105036889470

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The Pragmatic Humanism of F. C. S. Schiller by Reuben Abel Pdf

Author : Rik Pinxten
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2024-04-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781805394754

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Humanism Revisited by Rik Pinxten Pdf

The West emancipated itself from the old humanism long ago and in doing so distanced itself from ‘heteronomy’: it declared that man, and not a non-human power, should be the first reference to approach people and nature. Today, as heirs of this tradition, we are still stuck in Eurocentrism (and often racism), and now even threaten to ruin nature by destroying biodiversity and causing the climate to warm up dangerously. Applied through an anthropological perspective, this book calls for a NEED-humanism: Not-Eurocentric, Ecological and (economically) Durable approach that can help promote inclusion and pluralism.

Author : Ferdinand Canning Scott Schiller
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1912
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:39015048962271

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Studies in Humanism by Ferdinand Canning Scott Schiller Pdf

Author : Ferdinand Canning Scott Schiller
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1230239758

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Studies in Humanism by Ferdinand Canning Scott Schiller Pdf

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 edition. Excerpt: ... Ill THE RELATIONS OF LOGIC AND PSYCHOLOGY1 ARGUMENT I. Humanism as logical 'psychologist!!.' 2. It is beneficial to a Logic which has lapsed into scepticism, because it has abstracted from actual knowing. 3. Definition of Psychology as a descriptive science of concrete mental process. It can recognise cognitive values and claims, though 4 Logic must evaluate them, and thus arises out of Psychology. Impossibility of forbidding it to describe cognitive processes. 5. Definition of Logic, a normative science arising out of the existence of false claims. 6. Interdependence of the two sciences. The risks of abstracting from any psychical fact. 7. (1) Thinking depends essentially on psychological processes, such as interest, purpose, emotion, and satisfaction. 8. (2) The fundamental 'logical' conceptions, 'necessity, ' 'certainty, ' 'self-evidence, ' 'truth' are primarily psychical facts. 'Logical' certainty due to the extension of potential beyond actual purpose in thinking. 9. (3) The fundamental 'logical' operations have psychological aspects. E.g. the postulate of 'identity.' Meaning dependent on context and purpose. The actual meaning vs. the meaning per se. The problem of understanding. The 'logical' 1 The necessity of treating this subject from a Humanist point of view has long been evident to me. But it was recently borne in upon me with peculiar force by two circumstances. The first was that the excellent articles on 'Pragmatism versus Absolutism, ' published by Mr. R. F. A. Hoernle in Mind (xiv. N.S. 55 and 56), though giving the best general account of the Pragmatic movement which is extant, yet seemed to imply a serious misapprehension of the conception of Psychology which...

Author : Mark J. Porrovecchio
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2011-11-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780739165881

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F.C.S. Schiller and the Dawn of Pragmatism by Mark J. Porrovecchio Pdf

The intellectual history of pragmatism traditionally posits that its origins are found in the works of C. S. Peirce, William James, and John Dewey. What if that story is only partially true? Ferdinand Canning Scott Schiller, the foremost first generation British pragmatist, was one of the most vocal proponents of pragmatism in the late 1800s and early 1900s. He penned over a dozen books, authored hundreds of essays and reviews, and sought to popularize the philosophy of practicalism. Yet in the years before and after his death, both he and his critics engaged in arguments that helped to erase him from the story of pragmatism. F. C. S. Schiller and the Dawn of Pragmatism: The Rhetoric of a Philosophical Rebel, by Mark J. Porrovecchio, is the first comprehensive biography of Schiller ever undertaken. It seeks to answer questions like: why were Schiller's own arguments used against him? Why were his interests, philosophical and otherwise, central to his erasure? Why would the pragmatism of today gain by reclaiming a neglected figure from its past? A crucial part of understanding those questions relates to the rhetorical strategies at play in the arguments Schiller made. Pragmatism today is a vital and vibrant part of interdisciplinary discussions that range from philosophy, to religion, to science, to politics. But it is intellectually incomplete and historically inaccurate. Reclaiming Schiller means asking hard questions about the functions and scope of pragmatism. Though the answers will not suit everyone, they will help to make pragmatism—past, present, and future—more honest, more engaging, and more interesting.

Author : Ulf Schulenberg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781000469103

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Pragmatism and Poetic Agency by Ulf Schulenberg Pdf

Pragmatism is a humanist philosophy. In spite of the much-debated renaissance of pragmatism, however, a detailed discussion of the relationship between pragmatism and humanism is still a desideratum. It is difficult to understand the complexity of pragmatism without considering the significance of humanism. At least since the 1970s, humanism, mostly in its liberal version, has been vehemently attacked and criticized. In pragmatism, however, a particular understanding of humanism has persisted. Bringing literary studies, philosophy, and intellectual history together and establishing a transatlantic theoretical dialogue, Pragmatism and Poetic Agency endeavors to elucidate this persistence of humanism. Schulenberg continues the thought-provoking argument he developed in his previous two monographs by advancing the idea that one can only grasp the unique contemporary significance of pragmatism when one realizes how pragmatism, humanism, anti-authoritarianism, and postmetaphysics are interlinked. If one appreciates the implications and consequences of this link, then one is in a position to see pragmatism’s antifoundationalist and antirepresentationalist story of progress and emancipation as continuing the project of the Enlightenment.

Author : Anthony B. Pinn
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 825 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2021-07-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780190921569

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The Oxford Handbook of Humanism by Anthony B. Pinn Pdf

While humanist sensibilities have played a formative role in the advancement of our species, critical attention to humanism as a field of study is a more recent development. As a system of thought that values human needs and experiences over supernatural concerns, humanism has gained greater attention amid the rapidly shifting demographics of religious communities, especially in Europe and North America. This outlook on the world has taken on global dimensions as well, with activists, artists, and thinkers forming a humanistic response not only to traditional religion, but to the pressing social and political issues of the 21st century. With in-depth, scholarly chapters, The Oxford Handbook of Humanism aims to cover the subject by analyzing its history, its philosophical development, its influence on culture, and its engagement with social and political issues. In order to expand the field beyond more Western-focused works, the Handook discusses humanism as a worldwide phenomenon, with regional surveys that explore how the concept has developed in particular contexts. The Handbook also approaches humanism as both an opponent to traditional religion as well as a philosophy that some religions have explicitly adopted. By both synthesizing the field, and discussing how it continues to grow and develop, the Handbook promises to be a landmark volume, relevant to both humanism and the rapidly changing religious landscape.

Author : Sami Pihlström
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2023-03-20
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781666926286

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Humanism, Antitheodicism, and the Critique of Meaning in Pragmatist Philosophy of Religion by Sami Pihlström Pdf

Arguing, humanistically, that we live in a "human world" inescapably colored by meaning, this book shows why the pursuit of meaningfulness is not ethically innocent but must be subjected to critique. Pragmatist critique of meaning both embraces critical humanism and rejects theodicies postulating ultimate meaning in suffering.

Author : Ferdinand Canning Scott Schiller
Publisher : Humanities Press International
Page : 808 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UCSC:32106017345627

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F.C.S. Schiller on Pragmatism and Humanism by Ferdinand Canning Scott Schiller Pdf

F.C.S. Schiller (1864-1937) was the primary representative of the pragmatist movement in Europe for three decades. He was also a major figure in the personal idealism movement, and a proponent of incorporatingevolution into philosophical thinking.

Author : Ulf Zackariasson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2022-02-25
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781666903027

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Pragmatic Philosophy of Religion by Ulf Zackariasson Pdf

In Pragmatic Philosophy of Religion: Melioristic Case Studies, Ulf Zackariasson argues for the fruitfulness of pragmatic philosophy of religion by bringing it to bear on a number of classical topics within the contemporary philosophy of religion. Zackariasson first outlines a version of pragmatic philosophy of religion that takes the pragmatic insistence on the primacy of practice to heart. Here, he shows that religious traditions and their secular counterparts transmit a number of paradigmatic responses that adherents can draw on in their encounters with human life’s existential contingencies. He further discusses the upshot of this approach for how we think of miracles, religious diversity, and what it is to be religiously mistaken. In each case, Zackariasson shows that a pragmatic approach offers important novel perspectives and insights that contemporary (primarily analytic) philosophy of religion tends to neglect. By relating to debates and well-known positions within the contemporary philosophy of religion, he also makes these novel perspectives and insights concrete for those who are not already committed pragmatists. The case studies thus serve as invitations to constructive dialogue within an increasingly pluralistic philosophy of religion.

Author : Sami Pihlström
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 47,8 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.

Author : Sami Pihlström
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781009051507

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Pragmatist Truth in the Post-Truth Age by Sami Pihlström Pdf

It is commonly believed that populist politics and social media pose a serious threat to our concept of truth. Philosophical pragmatists, who are typically thought to regard truth as merely that which is 'helpful' for us to believe, are sometimes blamed for providing the theoretical basis for the phenomenon of 'post-truth'. In this book, Sami Pihlström develops a pragmatist account of truth and truth-seeking based on the ideas of William James, and defends a thoroughly pragmatist view of humanism which gives space for a sincere search for truth. By elaborating on James's pragmatism and the 'will to believe' strategy in the philosophy of religion, Pihlström argues for a Kantian-inspired transcendental articulation of pragmatism that recognizes irreducible normativity as a constitutive feature of our practices of pursuing the truth. James himself thereby emerges as a deeply Kantian thinker.

Author : Sami Pihlström
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2022-12-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781438491073

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Toward a Pragmatist Philosophy of the Humanities by Sami Pihlström Pdf

Humanist scholars often feel the need to defend the humanities. The value of humanistic research is sometimes challenged, as the cultural "reality" investigated by disciplines such as history, literary studies, and theology may seem unclearIn particular, the ontology of the humanities might be considered obscure in comparison to the ontology of the natural sciences. Toward a Pragmatist Philosophy of the Humanities proposes to develop a comprehensive philosophical account of the humanities, focusing on the ontology and epistemology of humanistic inquiry from the standpoint of pragmatism. Sami Pihlström argues that humanistic cognitive pursuits can be interpreted along the lines of a pragmatist theory of inquiry, defending pragmatic realism about the humanities. However, far from leading to any reductive naturalization of the human world, the pragmatist philosophy of the humanities defended by Pihlström takes a distinctively Kantian critical turn in emphasizing the need for transcendental argumentation in the philosophy of the humanities, insisting on the irreducibly ethical dimensions of humanistic scholarship.

Author : Alexander, Cynthia J.,Tureen, Amy
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2022-04-29
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781799876953

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Leadership Wellness and Mental Health Concerns in Higher Education by Alexander, Cynthia J.,Tureen, Amy Pdf

Wellbeing is foundational to citizens’ individual and collective ability to acknowledge, address, and alleviate ongoing struggles, shared risks, and the unprecedented challenges of our time. A holistic focus on wellness across campus communities is timely and important, given that national and global justice movements are calling upon post-secondary institutions to address the ways in which education systems have been reproducing dominant narratives, reinforcing systemic discrimination, and retaliating against education leaders who work to disrupt structural inequalities. Leadership Wellness and Mental Health Concerns in Higher Education offers diverse perspectives about whether and how campus leaders around the world are sustaining and advancing health and wellness in unprecedented times and amplifies diverse voices in the exploration of how to advance individual and collective wellbeing in higher education. Covering a wide range of topics such as stress management and burnout, this reference work is ideal for academicians, scholars, researchers, administrators, practitioners, instructors, and students.