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Book SynopsisThe Italian Pragmatists were a group of philosophers in the early 20th century, most notably including Giovanni Vailati, Mario Calderoni, Giovanni Papini and Giuseppe Prezzolini. They gathered around the journal Leonardo, published in Florence. The Italian philosophers were in contact with the American Pragmatists, especially with C.S.V. Peirce and W. James, and developed many original and provocative ideas that made the Italian Pragmatists allies and enemies. Critics have often stressed the differences between their versions of Pragmatism. This volume emphasizes what they shared, and their value for philosophy and culture.
Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Sign of the Four Giovanni Maddalena and Giovanni Tuzet 1Pragmatism in Florence: the Magicians and the Logicians Cornelis De Waal 2Giovanni Vailati and the Art of Reasoning Giovanni Maddalena 3Algebraic Grammar, Geometric Grammar: Vailati and Peirce Susanna Marietti 4Do Normative Predictions Make Sense?: pragmatism and Ethics in Calderoni Giovanni Tuzet 5Two Faces of Italian Pragmatism: the Prezzolini-Calderoni Debate, 1904–1905 E. Paul Colella 6“Tell Your Friend Giuliano…”: Jamesian Enthusiasms and Peircean Reservations Vincent Colapietro 7Giuseppe Prezzolini’s Pragmatic Interlude: a Reply to Colapietro E. Paul Colella 8Pain, Beliefs, Action: Papini and the Debate between Psychology and Philosophy in Italy at the Beginning of the 20th Century Maria Teresa Russo 9Toward a “Critique of Hypothetical Reason”: Erminio Juvalta and the Italian Pragmatists Anna Maria Nieddu 10Making Truth and Reality: magic Pragmatism as a Guide for Action Francesca Bordogna Index
