Introducing Pragmatism - A Tool for Rethinking Philosophy

Summary

This unique introduction fully engages and clearly explains pragmatism, an approach to knowledge and philosophy that rejects outmoded conceptions of objectivity while avoiding relativism and subjectivism. It follows pragmatism’s focus on the process of inquiry rather than on abstract justifications.

Product details

• Authors: Cornelis De Waal
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2021
• EAN: 9781138367166
• ISBN: 978-1-138-36716-6
• No. of pages: 310
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Philosophy of Language, History of Ideas, PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), PHILOSOPHY / Religious, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Logic, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, PHILOSOPHY / Language, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, RELIGION / Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics, Philosophy of Science, Politics & government, Political science & theory, Ethics & moral philosophy, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Philosophy: aesthetics, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Ethics and moral philosophy, Western philosophy from c 1800, Politics and government, Philosophy of religion, History of the Americas, Political science and theory, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Philosophy: logic, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge