{"product_id":"pragmatism-and-naturalism-9780231181884","title":"Pragmatism and Naturalism","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDistinguished scholars evaluate the contribution pragmatism can make to a viable naturalism, exploring what distinguishes pragmatic naturalism from other naturalisms. They examine pragmatism’s distinctive form of nonreductive naturalism and consider its merits for the study of religion, democratic theory, and as a general philosophical orientation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is a stellar collection of many of the most brilliant and influential philosophers engaged with pragmatism and naturalism. The revival of pragmatism—after its emergence forty years ago—continues in new and nuanced ways as manifest in this gem of a text! -- Cornel West, Professor of the Practice of Public Philosophy, Harvard University\u003cbr\u003eThis collection of fresh and original papers dealing with pragmatism, naturalism, and religion is great tribute to Wayne Proudfoot, whose writings have inspired a generation of thinkers. Splendid essays deal with Peirce, James, and Dewey as well as with recent debates concerning democracy, the study and philosophy of religion, and the future of pragmatic naturalism. -- Richard J. Bernstein, Vera List Professor of Philosophy, New School for Social Research\u003cbr\u003eThis collection shows that many contemporary pragmatist philosophers, like their predecessors Peirce, James, and Dewey, are committed to varieties of antirepresentationalist naturalism, which should be distinguished as clearly from reductive physicalism as it is from absolutisms both religious and rationalist. Bagger’s commentaries, like the essays themselves, are lucid, instructive, and provocative interventions in ongoing debates about the meaning and significance of pragmatism. -- James Kloppenberg, Charles Warren Professor of American History, Harvard University\u003cbr\u003eFor anyone interested in the nuances of pragmatic naturalism and the study of religion, this is a must-have collection. The reader learns something on every page. Matthew Bagger has done a magnificent job in gathering this fascinating array of thinkers on the subject. -- Eddie S. Glaude Jr., James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor, Princeton University\u003cbr\u003eThe contributors to \u003ci\u003ePragmatism and Naturalism \u003c\/i\u003eaddress several interwoven questions, ones of great contemporary interest, and address these questions in an erudite, thoughtful, and imaginative manner. In doing so, they clarify not only the meaning of pragmatism and naturalism (no small achievement apart from all else) but also illuminate the meaning of religion itself in light of what pragmatism and naturalism mean for us today. -- Vincent Colapietro, Pennsylvania State University and the Center for the Humanities at URI\u003cbr\u003eThe essays in \u003ci\u003ePragmatism and Naturalism\u003c\/i\u003e are excellent examples of the genre by top-notch scholars that speak well to each other and, without question, significantly advance the cause of pragmatism in philosophy, in political theory, and in religious studies. Bagger’s essay on the elective affinity between pragmatism and religious naturalism is both conceptually clear and historically rich, and the essays by Proudfoot and Stout read as mature and polished position pieces by solidly established voices in their respective fields. -- Andrew Dole, Amherst College\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eMatthew C. Bagger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 1: The Classical Pragmatists and Naturalism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Instinct and Inquiry: A Reconsideration of Peirce’s Mature Religious Naturalism\u003cbr\u003eMichael L. Raposa\u003cbr\u003e2. Religious Apologetic, Naturalism, and Inquiry in the Thought of William James\u003cbr\u003eMatthew C. Bagger\u003cbr\u003e3. Deweyan Naturalism\u003cbr\u003ePhilip Kitcher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 2: Pragmatism and the Study of Religion\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4. Pragmatism, Naturalism, and Genealogy in the Study of Religion\u003cbr\u003eWayne Proudfoot\u003cbr\u003e5. Language, Method, and Pragmatism in the Study of Religion\u003cbr\u003eScott Davis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 3: Pragmatism and Democracy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6. Reading Wayne Proudfoot’s \u003ci\u003eReligious Experience\u003c\/i\u003e: Naturalism and the Limits of Democratic Discourse\u003cbr\u003eJonathon Kahn\u003cbr\u003e7. Public Reason and Dialectical Pragmatism\u003cbr\u003eJeffrey Stout\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 4: Pragmatism and the Philosophy of Religion\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e8. The Fate of Radical Empiricism and the Future of Pragmatic Naturalism\u003cbr\u003eNancy Frankenberry\u003cbr\u003e9. Nonconceptualism and Religious Experience: Kant, Schleiermacher, Proudfoot\u003cbr\u003eTerry F. Godlove\u003cbr\u003e10. The Oracle and the Inner Teacher: Piecemeal Naturalism\u003cbr\u003eJames Wetzel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContributors\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400317018455,"sku":"9780231181884","price":56.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/pragmatism-and-naturalism-9780231181884","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}