| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 327 pages) |
| Series |
American philosophy |
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American philosophy.
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| Contents |
Contemporary pragmatic naturalism -- Reconciling pragmatism and naturalism -- Value of pragmatic naturalism -- Being and knowing -- Ontology of constitutive relations -- Particulars and relations -- Making sense of world making -- God and faith -- Art and knowledge -- Social experience -- Democratic challenge -- Democracy and its problems -- International relations and foreign policy -- Cosmopolitanism and humanism -- Pragmatic, naturalism, and the big narrative |
| Summary |
This volume develops and applies the American philosophical naturalist tradition of the mid-20th century. It argues for the philosophical value and usefulness of this underappreciated tradition for a number of contemporary theoretical and practical issues, such as the modernist/postmodernist divide and debates over philosophical constructivism |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Buchler, Justus, 1914-1991.
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Dewey, John, 1859-1952
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Randall, John Herman, Jr., 1899-1980.
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| SUBJECT |
Randall, John Herman, 1899-1980
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Dewey, John, 1859-1952
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Buchler, Justus, 1914-
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Buchler, Justus, 1914-1991 fast |
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Dewey, John, 1859-1952 fast |
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Randall, John Herman, Jr., 1899-1980 fast |
| Subject |
Naturalism.
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Pragmatism.
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Philosophy, American -- 20th century.
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naturalism (philosophical movement)
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pragmatism.
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PHILOSOPHY -- General.
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Naturalism
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Philosophy, American
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Pragmatism
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780823250592 |
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0823250598 |
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