{"product_id":"rethinking-pragmatism-from-william-james-to-contemporary-philosophy-hardback-9780470674697","title":"Rethinking Pragmatism; From William James to Contemporary Philosophy (Hardback) 9780470674697","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eRethinking Pragmatism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFrom William James to Contemporary Philosophy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRobert Schwartz asks us to rethink pragmatism and he is especially enlightening on how to rethink the pragmatism of James and Dewey. This book will be an essential part in what is becoming a deeply interesting movement to reinvigorate pragmatism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-Cheryl Misak, University of Toronto\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRobert Schwartz (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780470674697, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 16 March 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e192 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 16 x 1.4 cm, 0.386 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Summing Up: Highly recommended.  Lower-division undergraduates and above.”  (\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 May 2013)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRethinking Pragmatism\u003c\/i\u003e explores the work of the American Pragmatists, particularly James and Dewey, challenging entrenched readings of their views on truth, instrumentalism, realism, pluralism, and religious beliefs. Schwartz takes James’s work as the basis for his discussion. His detailed commentary on James’s \u003ci\u003ePragmatism\u003c\/i\u003e, which Schwartz uses as a scaffold for rethinking pragmatic themes and arguments more generally, looks ahead rather than back. In terms that have significant implications for current philosophical controversies, \u003ci\u003eRethinking Pragmatism\u003c\/i\u003e explains why the Pragmatists rejected meanings, fixed reference, and metaphysical necessity, but did not reject theoretical entities. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost significantly, it provides a perspective on the pragmatic theory of truth that shows, for example, why James readily admits that truth is “agreement with reality,” and why Dewey praises Tarski’s work on truth as a breakthrough in semantic theory. Schwartz also links the Pragmatists’ reasons for rejecting nineteenth-century positivism to twentieth-century challenges to logical positivism. The result is a book that coherently unfolds James’s work, while demonstrating the contemporary relevance of the American Pragmatists’ ideas and arguments to debates about the nature of inquiry, language, and reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliographic Key ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBackground Themes 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Place of Values in Inquiry (Lecture I) 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Pragmatic Maxim and Pragmatic Instrumentalism (Lecture II) 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Substance and Other Metaphysical Claims (Lecture III) 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Materialism, Physicalism, and Reduction (Lecture IV) 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Ontological Commitment and the Nature of the Real (Lecture V) 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Pragmatic Semantics and Pragmatic Truth (Lecture VI) 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Worldmaking (Lecture VII) 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Belief, Hope, and Conjecture (Lecture VIII) 140\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 163\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20%5BHP%5D%22\"\u003eHP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52278020047128,"sku":"9780470674697","price":73.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780470674697.jpg?v=1781455794","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/rethinking-pragmatism-from-william-james-to-contemporary-philosophy-hardback-9780470674697","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}