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What Pragmatism Was

What Pragmatism Was

Hardcover

Series: American Philosophy

Philosophy

ISBN10: 0253009545
ISBN13: 9780253009548
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: Jun 14 2013
Pages: 256
Weight: 1.14
Height: 0.84 Width: 6.37 Depth: 9.27
Language: English

F. Thomas Burke believes that pragmatism, especially as it has been employed in politics and social action, needs a reassessment. He examines the philosophies of William James and Charles S. Peirce to determine how certain maxims of pragmatism originated. Burke contrasts pragmatism as a certain set of beliefs or actions with pragmatism as simply a methodology. He unravels the complex history of this philosophical tradition and discusses contemporary conceptions of pragmatism found in current US political discourse and explains what this quintessentially American philosophy means today.

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