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This volume shows the broad value and interest of a flourishing approach to philosophical inquiry: neopragmatism. This language-first approach rejects metaphysical questions about the existence or nature of problematic entities or properties, instead focusing our attention on our practices of using the relevant words.
List of contents
- List of Contributors
- Part 1. Introduction
- 1: Joshua Gert: What is Neopragmatism?
- Part 2. Time, Causes, and Science
- 2: Huw Price: Time for Pragmatism
- 3: Amie L. Thomasson: A Neopragmatist Approach to Modality
- 4: Mazviita Chirimuuta: Neopragmatism in the Philosophy of Perception? The Case of Primitive Colour
- 5: John T. Roberts: A Neopragmatist Treatment of Causation and Laws of Nature
- Part 3. Language, Truth, and Logic
- 6: Philip Pettit: A Pragmatic Genealogy of Rule-following
- 7: Joshua Gert: Neopragmatism and Reference Magnetism
- 8: Claudine Verheggen and Robert H. Myers: Realism Rehabilitated
- 9: José Zalabardo: What Is Linguistic Interpretation?
- 10: Lionel Shapiro: Neopragmatism and Logic: A Deflationary Proposal
- Part 3. Value and Practice
- 11: Simon Blackburn: Pragmatism in Practice
- 12: Robert Kraut: Pragmatism and the Ontology of Art
- 13: Stefan Sciaraffa: The Subject Matter of "Subject Matter" and General Jurisprudence
- 14: Diana Heney: Pragmatism and the Prudential Good
About the author
Joshua Gert received his Ph.D. from UIC in 1998. He taught at the Johns Hopkins University, the University of Missouri-Columbia, Florida State University, and William & Mary. He has written on normative reasons and rationality, color and perception, and neopragmatism, among other topics. Together with Victoria Costa he was the co-editor of the journal Social Theory and Practice from 2005 to 2009. He is the recipient of a Howard Foundation grant (2011) and a fellowship from the NEH (2014-15). He primarily teaches courses in logic, ethics, and philosophy of language.
Summary
This volume shows the broad value and interest of a flourishing approach to philosophical inquiry: neopragmatism. This language-first approach rejects metaphysical questions about the existence or nature of problematic entities or properties, instead focusing our attention on our practices of using the relevant words.
