03038nam 2200709Ia 450 991081794930332120200520144314.0978661340604097812834060481283406047978111825369411182536989781118253687111825368X97811182537001118253701(CKB)2670000000138100(EBL)818334(OCoLC)769927172(SSID)ssj0000576133(PQKBManifestationID)11349317(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000576133(PQKBWorkID)10554484(PQKB)10757820(MiAaPQ)EBC818334(Au-PeEL)EBL818334(CaPaEBR)ebr10524058(CaONFJC)MIL340604(PPN)192131664(Perlego)1013837(EXLCZ)99267000000013810020110915d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRethinking pragmatism /Robert Schwartz1st ed.Chichester, West Sussex, UK ;Malden, MA Wiley-Blackwellc20121 online resource (185 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9781119052432 1119052432 9780470674697 0470674695 Includes bibliographical references and index.Rethinking Pragmatism: From William James to Contemporary Philosophy; Contents; Acknowledgments; Bibliographic Key; Introduction; Background Themes; 1: The Place of Values in Inquiry (Lecture I); 2: The Pragmatic Maxim and Pragmatic Instrumentalism (Lecture II); 3: Substance and Other Metaphysical Claims (Lecture III); 4: Materialism, Physicalism, and Reduction (Lecture IV); 5: Ontological Commitment and the Nature of the Real (Lecture V); 6: Pragmatic Semantics and Pragmatic Truth (Lecture VI); 7: Worldmaking (Lecture VII); 8: Belief, Hope, and Conjecture (Lecture VIII); IndexRethinking Pragmatism explores the work of the American Pragmatists, particularly James and Dewey, challenging entrenched views of their positions on truth, meaning, instrumentalism, realism, pluralism and religious beliefs. It clarifies pragmatic ideas and arguments spelling out the significant implications they have for present-day philosophical controversies. Explores the work of the American Pragmatists, especially James and Dewey, on the issues of truth, reference, meaning, instrumentalism, essences, realism, pluralism and religious beliefs. <PragmatismPhilosophyPragmatism.Philosophy.144/.3Schwartz Robert1940-23284MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910817949303321Rethinking pragmatism4100503UNINA