Pragmatism and Objectivity - Essays Sparked By the Work of Nicholas Rescher

This book illuminates the nature of contemporary pragmatism against the background of Rescher's work, resulting in a stronger grasp of the prospects and promises of this philosophical movement. The essays in this volume, written by established and up-and-coming scholars of pragmatism, touch on themes related to epistemology, philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, and ethics.

List of contents

Foreword
Cheryl Misak:
Introduction
Sami Pihlström
Part I: Truth and Reality
Chapter 1. Pragmatic Realism, Idealism, and Pluralism: A Rescherian Balance?
Sami Pihlström
Chapter 2: Pragmatism and Metaphilosophy
Scott F. Aikin and Robert B. Talisse
Chapter 3. Prospects for an Objective Pragmatism: Frank Ramsey on Truth, Meaning, and Justification
Griffin Klemick:
Chapter 4: Pragmatism and Science
Robert Almeder
Chapter 5. Is Kant a Confused Pragmatist?
Tom Rockmore
Chapter 6. Toward a More Peircean Version of Pragmatic Realism
Vincent Colapietro
Part II: Reasoning
Chapter 7. Ramsey’s Theory of Belief and the Problem of Attitude Divergence
Jessica Wright
Chapter 8. Concrete Reasonableness and Pragmatist Ideals: Peirce and Rescher on Normative Theory
Rosa Mayorga
Chapter 9. Obliquely about Realism: The State of Play of a Minor Affair
Joseph Margolis
Part III: Value
Chapter 10. Rescherean Pragmatism
Joseph C. Pitt
Chapter 11. Pragmatism and the Inseparability of Objectivity and Solidarity: Rescher on Rhetorical Rationality, Method and Cooperative Interaction
Helmut Pape
Chapter 12. Psychology of Desire and the Pragmatics of Betterment
Timo Airaksinen
Chapter 13. From Method to Medicine: A Pragmatist Approach to Bioethics
Diana B. Heney
Chapter 14. Moral Responsibility and the Cognitive Status of Ethical Ideals
John R. Shook

About the author

Sami Pihlström is Director of the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies and Professor of Philosophy of Religion at the University of Helsinki, Finland.

Summary

This book illuminates the nature of contemporary pragmatism against the background of Rescher’s work, resulting in a stronger grasp of the prospects and promises of this philosophical movement.  The essays in this volume, written by established and up-and-coming scholars of pragmatism, touch on themes related to epistemology, philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, and ethics.

Product details

• Authors: Sami Pihlstroem, Sami (University of Helsinki Pihlstroem, Sami Pihlstrom, Sami (University of Helsinki Pihlstrom
• Assisted by: Sami Pihlstroem (Editor), Sami (University of Helsinki Pihlstroem (Editor), Sami Pihlstrom (Editor), Sami Pihlström (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.03.2017
• EAN: 9781138655232
• ISBN: 978-1-138-65523-2
• No. of pages: 292
• Series: Routledge Studies in American Philosophy; Routledge Studies in American; Routledge Studies in American Philosophy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, Philosophy of Science, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Western philosophy from c 1800, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge