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Democratic Hope : Pragmatism and the Politics of Truth /

"The pragmatists' response to the claim that theirs is a deeply American philosophy has been less to challenge the claim than to attempt to embrace it on their own terms. . . . One could speak of a national philosophy as one could not speak of a national chemistry or physics. But national...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Westbrook, Robert B. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, [2015]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • PART ONE. Pragmatism Old
  • 1. Peircean Politics
  • 2. Our Kinsman, William James
  • 3. Pullman and the Professor
  • 4. On the Private Parts of a Public Philosopher
  • 5. Marrying Marxism
  • PART TWO. Pragmatism New
  • 6. A Dream Country
  • 7. Democratic Logic
  • 8. Democratic Evasions
  • 9. Educating Citizens
  • Index