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The Pragmatic Vision
Themes in Philosophical Pragmatism
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2013
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Since C. S. Pierce advocated a pragmatic approach to truth and knowledge, it has been one of the characteristic themes of American philosophy. This book examines how pragmatism's central ideas can be applied and implemented across the entire domain of philosophical deliberations, ranging from theory of knowledge and the value theory to providing explanations for human actions, and even to matters of ethics and religion. While there are various ways in which to weigh the merit of a philosophical idea or theory, this book makes the case that an assessment of that theory’s applicative utility is of the essence. The intersection of the theoretical and the practical is where meaningful philosophizing finds its legs, and Rescher’s unique pragmatically oriented analyses of traditional philosophical us to regard some historically prominent philosophical ideas in a new and revealing light.
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Copyright year
2013
ISBN-Print
978-1-4422-2705-7
ISBN-Online
978-1-4422-2706-4
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
156
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Preface No access
Chapter One. The Pragmatic Vision No access Pages 1 - 14
Chapter Two. Theoretical Utility: On Theory and Practice in Pragmatic Perspective No access Pages 15 - 22
Chapter Three. Knowledge in Pragmatic Perspective No access Pages 23 - 34
Chapter Four. Leaping in the Dark and Other Aspects of Rational Inquiry No access Pages 35 - 46
Chapter Five. Supposition as a Pragmatic Device No access Pages 47 - 50
Chapter Six. Induction as a Pragmatic Resource No access Pages 51 - 66
Chapter Seven. Fact and Value in Pragmatic Perspective No access Pages 67 - 78
Chapter Eight. Free Will in Pragmatic Perspective No access Pages 79 - 104
Chapter Nine. On Explaining and Evaluating Human Actions No access Pages 105 - 110
Chapter Ten. Condemnation versus Blame in Pragmatic Perspective No access Pages 111 - 114
Chapter Eleven. On the Pragmatic Role of Positive Interpersonal Attitudes No access Pages 115 - 118
Chapter Twelve. The Pragmatics of Betterment No access Pages 119 - 132
Chapter Thirteen. Can Pragmatism Validate Itself? No access Pages 133 - 146
Chapter Fourteen. Pragmatism and Religion No access Pages 147 - 152
