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Radical Pragmatism
Robert J. Roth
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Description for Radical Pragmatism
Hardback. In this piece of comparative philosophy, the author attempts to reconcile pragmatism and a classical spiritual and religious perspective. He maintains that pragmatists themselves have not been radical enough in developing the full implications of their own tradition. Num Pages: 396 pages. BIC Classification: HP; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 17. Weight in Grams: 417.
Robert Roth, among the first few Catholics to write favorably, even if critically, about American pragmatism, presents here a creative piece of comparative philosophy in which he achieves a long-term goal of attempting a reconciliation between pragmatism and a classical spiritual and religious perspective. The title, Radical Pragmatism, is an adaptation of William James’s "radical empiricism." James had argues that the classical empiricists, Locke and Hume, did not go far enough in their account of experience. They missed some of its most important aspects, namely connections and relations, and as a result they were left with discrete sense data and ... Read more
Robert Roth, among the first few Catholics to write favorably, even if critically, about American pragmatism, presents here a creative piece of comparative philosophy in which he achieves a long-term goal of attempting a reconciliation between pragmatism and a classical spiritual and religious perspective. The title, Radical Pragmatism, is an adaptation of William James’s "radical empiricism." James had argues that the classical empiricists, Locke and Hume, did not go far enough in their account of experience. They missed some of its most important aspects, namely connections and relations, and as a result they were left with discrete sense data and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
396
Condition
New
Number of Pages
396
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780823218516
SKU
V9780823218516
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About Robert J. Roth
Robert J. Roth is a Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Fordham University. His publications include John Dewey and Self-Realization, American Religious Philosophy, and British Empiricism and American Pragmaticism.
Reviews for Radical Pragmatism
Roth (emeritus, Fordham Univ.) examines the work of the classical pragmatists (Peirce, James, and Dewey), and of the biologist and priest Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, on evolution and the relation between science and religion. Roth maintains that there are gaps in classical pragmatism that are best filled with a spiritual explanation. For example, Peirce, James, and Dewey stressed that useful ... Read more