What Pragmatism Was
Download or Read eBook What Pragmatism Was PDF written by F. Thomas Burke and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2013-06-14 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : F. Thomas Burke |
| Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
| Total Pages | : 254 |
| Release | : 2013-06-14 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780253009548 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0253009545 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (48 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis What Pragmatism Was by : F. Thomas Burke
Book excerpt: F. Thomas Burke examines the writings of William James and Charles S. Peirce to determine how the original "maxim of pragmatism" was understood differently by these two earliest pragmatists. Burke reconciles these differences by casting pragmatism as a philosophical stance that endorses distinctive conceptions of belief and meaning. In particular, a pragmatist conception of meaning should be understood as both inferentialist and operationalist in character. Burke unravels a complex early history of this philosophical tradition, discusses contemporary conceptions of pragmatism found in current US political discourse, and explores what this quintessentially American philosophy means today.
