{"product_id":"the-truth-is-what-works-9780847692729","title":"The Truth Is What Works","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCharles 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCorimer has a good grasp of James' views, and ranges widely over his oeuvre in making his case. -- Matthew Stephens, University of Alberta\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 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","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49528195711319,"sku":"9780847692729","price":112.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780847692729.jpg?v=1731870752","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-truth-is-what-works-9780847692729","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}