The Restoration of Its Scientific Roots
Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 165 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 606 g
ISBN: 978-1-4128-4612-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc
According to Nicholas Rescher, later pragmatists saw the matter differently. They envisioned subjective satisfactions, rather than objectively determinable functional effectiveness, as being the aim of the enterprise. Rescher notes that William James, in particular, had an agenda different from that of Peirce.
The two pragmatisms are complete opposites, Rescher argues, in terms of claims and intentions. James's soft pragmatism abandons the classical idea of inquiry as the paramount of truth; it believes that truth is an illusion, an unrealizable figment of the imagination. By contrast, Peirce's hard pragmatism believes that the classic idea of truth remains valid. Rescher seeks to examine and explore pragmatism dialectically, with a conviction that brings pragmatism to life for specialist and generalist alike.
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Introduction Pragmatism at the Crossroads; 1: Pragmatism and Purpose; 2: Pragmatism and Language; 3: Pragmatism, Cognition, and Truth; 4: Pragmatism and Rational Inquiry; 5: Pragmatism and the Aims of Science; 6: A Pragmatic Justification of Induction; 7: Pragmatism and Logic; 8: Pragmatism and Philosophy; 9: Morality, Pragmatism, and the Obligations of Personhood; 10: The Pragmatism of Ideals; 11: Political Pragmatism; 12: Pragmatic Realism in Metaphysics; 13: Pragmatism and Art; 14: Pragmatism in Religion (The Case of Pascal); 15: Objections to Pragmatism; 16: Pragmatism’s Historical Development