{"product_id":"rethinking-pragmatism-9780470674697","title":"Rethinking Pragmatism","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRethinking Pragmatism\u003c\/i\u003e explores the work of the American Pragmatists, particularly James and Dewey, challenging entrenched views of their positions on truth, meaning, instrumentalism, realism, pluralism and religious beliefs. It clarifies pragmatic ideas and arguments spelling out the significant implications they have for present-day philosophical controversies.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the work of the American Pragmatists, especially James and Dewey, on the issues of truth, reference, meaning, instrumentalism, essences, realism, pluralism and religious beliefs.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe only available publication to provide a detailed commentary on James''s book, \u003ci\u003ePragmatism\u003c\/i\u003e, while exploring the implications of the American Pragmatists'' ideas and arguments for contemporary philosophical issues\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChallenges standard readings of the American Pragmatists'' positions in a way that illuminates and questions the assumptions underlying current discussions of these topics.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Summing Up: Highly recommended.  Lower-division undergraduates and above.”  (\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 May 2013)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAcknowledgments viii\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBibliographic Key ix\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBackground Themes 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Place of Values in Inquiry (Lecture I) 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Pragmatic Maxim and Pragmatic Instrumentalism (Lecture II) 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Substance and Other Metaphysical Claims (Lecture III) 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Materialism, Physicalism, and Reduction (Lecture IV) 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Ontological Commitment and the Nature of the Real (Lecture V) 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Pragmatic Semantics and Pragmatic Truth (Lecture VI) 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Worldmaking (Lecture VII) 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Belief, Hope, and Conjecture (Lecture VIII) 140\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBibliography 157\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIndex 163\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49525387198807,"sku":"9780470674697","price":80.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780470674697.jpg?v=1731860321","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/rethinking-pragmatism-9780470674697","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}