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The Pragmatic Vision

Autor Nicholas Rescher
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 5 dec 2013
This book examines how pragmatism's central idea can be applied and implemented across the entire range of philosophical deliberations, ranging from theory of knowledge and the value theory to the explanation of human action and even to matters of ethics and religion.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781442227057
ISBN-10: 1442227052
Pagini: 156
Dimensiuni: 155 x 231 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.39 kg
Editura: Rowman & Littlefield

Notă biografică

Nicholas Rescher is Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh where he has also served as Chairman of the Philosophy Department and a Director (and currently Chairman) of the Center for Philosophy of Science. To recognize his fifty years of service to the institution, the University of Pittsburgh established in 2010 the substantial Nicholas Rescher Prize for Contributions to Systematic Philosophy.

Cuprins

CONTENTS Preface 1. The Pragmatic Vision 2. Theoretical Utility 3. Knowledge in Pragmatic Perspective 4. Leaping in the Dark 5. Supposition as a Pragmatism Device 6. Induction as a Pragmatic Resource 7. Facts and Values in Pragmatic Perspective 8. Excellence as a Pragmatic Conception 9. On Explaining and Evaluating Human Actions 10. Condemnation vs. Blame in Pragmatic Perspective 11. On the Pragmatic Role of Positive Interpersonal Attitudes 12. The Pragmatics of Betterment 13. Can Pragmatism Validate Itself? 14. Pragmatism and Religion Name Index