"Pragmatism: An Introduction "provides an account of the arguments
of the central figures of the most important philosophical
tradition in the American history of ideas, pragmatism. This
wide-ranging and accessible study explores the work of the
classical pragmatists Charles Sanders Peirce, William James and
John Dewey, as well as more recent philosophers including Richard
Rorty, Richard J. Bernstein, Cheryl Misak, and Robert B. Brandom.
Michael Bacon examines how pragmatists argue for the importance
of connecting philosophy to practice. In so doing, they set
themselves in opposition to many of the presumptions that have
dominated philosophy since Descartes. The book demonstrates how
pragmatists reject the Cartesian spectator theory of knowledge, in
which the mind is viewed as seeking accurately to represent items
in the world, and replace it with an understanding of truth and
knowledge in terms of the roles they play within our social
practices.
The book explores the diverse range of positions that have
engendered marked and sometimes acrimonious disputes amongst
pragmatists. Bacon identifies the themes underlying these
differences, revealing a greater commonality than many commentators
have recognized. The result is an illuminating narrative of a rich
philosophical movement that will be of interest to students in
philosophy, political theory, and the history of ideas.
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