7. Reflections on the Future of Pragmatism

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. STANDARD EDITIONS OF THE WORKS OF THE CLASSICAL PRAGMATISTS ix
4. Introduction 1
5. The Insights of Classical and Neo-Pragmatism
6. 1. Taking Pragmatism Seriously 13
7. 2. Pragmatism and Verificationism 21
8. 3. What Makes Pragmatism So Different? 36
9. 4. Pragmatism and Nonscientific Knowledge 55
10. 5. Weaving Seamless Webs 71
11. 6. Rorty’s Vision 87
12. 7. Reflections on the Future of Pragmatism 108
13. Key Topics in the Pragmatism of James and Dewey
14. 8. Was James a Pragmatist? 123
15. 9. Pragmatism and Realism 140
16. 10. What the Spilled Beans Can Spell 159
17. 11. James’s Theory of Truth 167
18. 12. James on Truth (Again) 188
19. 13. James’s Philosophical Friendships, 1902–1905 201
20. 14. What James’s Pragmatism Offers Us 225
21. 15. Varieties of Experience and Pluralities of Perspective 232
22. 16. William James on Religion 261
23. 18. Dewey’s Central Insight 276
24. 19. Dewey’s Epistemology 293
25. 20. Dewey’s Faith 314
26. Pragmatist Conceptions of Moral Value and Democracy
27. 21. Philosophy as a Reconstructive Activity 331
28. 22. The Moral Impulse 349
29. 23. The Moral Life of a Pragmatist 360
30. 24. Creating Facts and Values 385
31. 25. Perceiving Facts and Values 405
32. 26. Democracy and Value Inquiry 421
33. 27. Democracy as a Way of Life 439
34. Appendix: Other Works on Pragmatism by Hilary Putnam and Ruth Anna Putnam 455
35. Works Cited 457
36. Acknowledgments 465
37. Index 469