Pragmatism: Critical Concepts in Philosophy, Volume 4Russell B. Goodman Presents key texts in and about pragmatism, from its origins in nineteenth century America to its contemporary revival as an international and multi-disciplinary phenomenon. |
Contents
The many faces of realism | 19 |
Pragmatism as romantic polytheism | 40 |
The resurgence of pragmatism | 54 |
Richard Rortys pragmatic turn | 74 |
We pragmatists Peirce and Rorty in conversation | 105 |
Rorty versus Orwell | 120 |
Rortys pragmatist critique of metaphysics | 177 |
Davidson in context | 206 |
Common terms and phrases
action analytic analytic philosophy argues argument Art as Experience ästhetischen beliefs called Cambridge CEJL claim commitment concept of truth conceptual content consciousness creativity criticism critique cultural Davidson Dewey's discourse disquotational distinction doublethink dualism Emerson empirical significance empiricism epistemological Erfahrung esthetic explicit expression expressivism fact freedom G. E. M. Anscombe Hilary Putnam human idea ideal inferential intellectual James John Dewey justification kind language linguistic logical meaning metaphysical mind nature Newspeak Nietzsche Nineteen Eighty-Four norms notion novel O'Brien objective Orwell Orwell's Party Peirce Peirce's perception philo philosophy picture political possible practices pragmatism pragmatists problem proposition Putnam question Quine Quine's rational reading realism reality reason reference reject relation representation Richard Rorty Rorty Rorty's Rortyan Sellars semantic sense Situation social sort Susan Haack theory things thought tion totalitarian traditional true understanding University Press vocabulary Widerstand Wilfrid Sellars Winston Wittgenstein words