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The Pragmatism and Prejudice of Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (Hardcover)
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The Pragmatism and Prejudice of Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (Hardcover)
Series: American Philosophy Series
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This book investigates the extent to which various scholarly labels
are appropriate for the work of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. As Louis
Menand wrote, "Holmes has been called a formalist, a positivist, a
utilitarian, a realist, a historicist, a pragmatist, (not to
mention a nihilist)." Each of the eight chapters investigates one
label, analyzes the secondary texts that support the use of the
term to characterize Holmes's philosophy, and takes a stand on
whether or not the category is appropriate for Holmes by assessing
his judicial and nonjudicial publications, including his books,
articles, and posthumously published correspondences. The thrust of
the collection as a whole, nevertheless, bends toward the stand
that Holmes is a pragmatist in his jurisprudence, ethics, and
politics. The final chapter makes that case explicitly. Edited by
Seth Vannatta, this book will be of particular interest to students
and faculty working in law, jurisprudence, philosophy, intellectual
history, American Studies, political science, and constitutional
theory.
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