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Joseph Margolis - Reinventing Pragmatism: American Philosophy at the End of the Twentieth Century - 9780801439957 - V9780801439957
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Reinventing Pragmatism: American Philosophy at the End of the Twentieth Century

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Description for Reinventing Pragmatism: American Philosophy at the End of the Twentieth Century Hardback. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 5. Weight in Grams: 430.

In contemporary philosophical debates in the United States "redefining pragmatism" has become the conventional way to flag significant philosophical contests and to launch large conceptual and programmatic changes. This book analyzes the contributions of such developments in light of the classic formulations of Charles S. Peirce and John Dewey and the interaction between pragmatism and analytic philosophy. American pragmatism was revived quite unexpectedly in the 1970s by Richard Rorty's philosophical heterodoxy and his running dispute with Hilary Putnam, who, like Rorty, is a professed Deweyan.

Reinventing Pragmatism examines the force of the new pragmatisms, from the emergence of Rorty's and ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801439957
SKU
V9780801439957
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
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99-1

About Joseph Margolis
Joseph Margolis is Laura H. Carnell Professor of Philosophy at Temple University. He has published more than thirty books and is the author, most recently, of Moral Philosophy after 9/11, Selves and Other Texts: The Case for Cultural Realism and What, After All, Is a Work of Art? Lectures in the Philosophy of Art.

Reviews for Reinventing Pragmatism: American Philosophy at the End of the Twentieth Century
"In this often brilliant treatment of the first- and second-wave pragmatists, Joseph Margolis displays a knack for weaving together a complex history and an important contemporary philosophical debate. Margolis's analyses are bold, original, and intellectually exciting. He has succeeded in spinning out a narrative that is both insightful and entertaining."
Armen T. Marsoobian, Professor of Philosophy, Southern Connecticut State ... Read more

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