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Charles Sanders Peirce complained that William James allowed pragmatism to become "infected" with "seeds of death" like the idea that truth is mutable. This volume aims to defend James's pragmatic theory from a range of critics including Peirce, Bertrand Russell, Hilary Putnam, and Cornel West.

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Corimer has a good grasp of James' views, and ranges widely over his oeuvre in making his case. -- Matthew Stephens, University of Alberta

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Chapter 1 Introduction: Pragmatism and the Real Chapter 2 A Genealogy of Truth; or, Twilight of the Idle Chapter 3 James, Peirce, and the Seed of Death Chapter 4 Pragmatism and Scepticism; or, the Pragmatist Keeps on Searching Chapter 5 The Ideal Becomes the Real: Pragmatism and "Empirical Realism" Chapter 6 The One and the Many: Gramsci and Cornel West on James

The Truth Is What Works

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      Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
      Published 6 February 2001
      ISBN-13 9780847692729
      978-0847692729
      ISBN-10 0847692728

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Charles Sanders Peirce complained that William James allowed pragmatism to become "infected" with "seeds of death" like the idea that truth is mutable. This volume aims to defend James's pragmatic theory from a range of critics including Peirce, Bertrand Russell, Hilary Putnam, and Cornel West.

      Trade Review
      Corimer has a good grasp of James' views, and ranges widely over his oeuvre in making his case. -- Matthew Stephens, University of Alberta

      Table of Contents
      Chapter 1 Introduction: Pragmatism and the Real Chapter 2 A Genealogy of Truth; or, Twilight of the Idle Chapter 3 James, Peirce, and the Seed of Death Chapter 4 Pragmatism and Scepticism; or, the Pragmatist Keeps on Searching Chapter 5 The Ideal Becomes the Real: Pragmatism and "Empirical Realism" Chapter 6 The One and the Many: Gramsci and Cornel West on James

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