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"Burke examines the philosophies of William James and Charles S. Peirce to determine how certain maxims of pragmatism originated. He contrasts pragmatism as a certain set of beliefs or actions with pragmatism as simply a methodology. He unravels the complex history of this philosophical traditi...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Burke, F. Thomas, 1950- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington, Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, [2013]
Series:American philosophy.
Subjects:
Social sciences > Philosophy.
Political science > Philosophy.
Pragmatism > History.
Pragmatism.
Sciences sociales > Philosophie.
Pragmatisme > Histoire.
Pragmatisme.
pragmatism.
PHILOSOPHY > Movements > Pragmatism.
Social sciences > Philosophy
Pragmatism
Political science > Philosophy
Politische Philosophie
Pragmatismus
Pragmatisme (philosophie) > Histoire.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the pragmatic maxim
  • Peirce's early presentation of the maxim
  • James's presentation of the maxim
  • Peirce's later versions of the maxim
  • A composite sketch of the maxim
  • Empiricism versus pragmatism
  • Measurement and the observer effect
  • Perception and action
  • Addams and the settlement movement
  • Truth, justice, and the American pragmatist way
  • Twelve misconceptions of pragmatism
  • Conclusion : belief and meaning.

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