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Pragmatism

May 2, 2023 | Trade paperback
ISBN: 9780262544610
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Description

A concise, reader-friendly overview of pragmatism, the most influential school of American philosophical thought.

Pragmatism, America's homegrown philosophy, has been a major intellectual movement for over a century. Unlike its rivals, it reaches well beyond the confines of philosophy into concerns and disciplines as diverse as religion, politics, science, and culture. In this concise, engagingly written overview, John R. Shook describes pragmatism's origins, concepts, and continuing global relevance and appeal. With attention to the movement's original thinkers--Charles Sanders Peirce, William James, John Dewey, and George Herbert Mead--as well as its contemporary proponents, he explains how pragmatism thinks about what is real, what can be known, and what minds are doing. And because of pragmatism's far-reaching impact, Shook shows how its views on reality, truth, knowledge, and cognition coordinate with its approaches to agency, sociality, human nature, and personhood.

About this Author

John R. Shook teaches philosophy at Bowie State University in Maryland. He is coeditor of The Blackwell Companion to Pragmatism and Neuroscience, Neurophilosophy, and Pragmatism.

ISBN: 9780262544610
Format: Trade paperback
Series: MIT PRESS ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE
Pages: 296
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2023-05-02

Reviews

"[An] accessible intellectual history. . . . The book's solid structure, helpful glossary, and discerning list of further readings make it a worthwhile resource for newcomers. Philosophy students will want to check this out."
--Publishers Weekly

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