Pragmatism and Objectivity (eBook, PDF)

Essays Sparked by the Work of Nicholas Rescher
Redaktion: Pihlström, Sami

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book illuminates the nature of contemporary pragmatism against the background of Rescher's work, resulting in a stronger grasp of the prospects and promises of this philosophical movement. The essays in this volume, written by established and up-and-coming scholars of pragmatism, touch on themes related to epistemology, philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, and ethics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Februar 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317223573
• Artikelnr.: 47903861

Autorenporträt

Sami Pihlström is Director of the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies and Professor of Philosophy of Religion at the University of Helsinki, Finland.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Cheryl Misak:
Introduction
Sami Pihlström
Part I: Truth and Reality
Chapter 1. Pragmatic Realism, Idealism, and Pluralism: A Rescherian
Balance?
Sami Pihlström
Chapter 2: Pragmatism and Metaphilosophy
Scott F. Aikin and Robert B. Talisse
Chapter 3. Prospects for an Objective Pragmatism: Frank Ramsey on Truth,
Meaning, and Justification
Griffin Klemick:
Chapter 4: Pragmatism and Science
Robert Almeder
Chapter 5. Is Kant a Confused Pragmatist?
Tom Rockmore
Chapter 6. Toward a More Peircean Version of Pragmatic Realism
Vincent Colapietro
Part II: Reasoning
Chapter 7. Ramsey's Theory of Belief and the Problem of Attitude Divergence
Jessica Wright
Chapter 8. Concrete Reasonableness and Pragmatist Ideals: Peirce and
Rescher on Normative Theory
Rosa Mayorga
Chapter 9. Obliquely about Realism: The State of Play of a Minor Affair
Joseph Margolis
Part III: Value
Chapter 10. Rescherean Pragmatism
Joseph C. Pitt
Chapter 11. Pragmatism and the Inseparability of Objectivity and
Solidarity: Rescher on Rhetorical Rationality, Method and Cooperative
Interaction
Helmut Pape
Chapter 12. Psychology of Desire and the Pragmatics of Betterment
Timo Airaksinen
Chapter 13. From Method to Medicine: A Pragmatist Approach to Bioethics
Diana B. Heney
Chapter 14. Moral Responsibility and the Cognitive Status of Ethical Ideals
John R. Shook