Bloomsbury companion to pragmatism / edited by Sami Pihlstrom.

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Pihlström, Sami

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TextSeries: Bloomsbury companionsPublication details: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2015.Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 344 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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147423576X
9781474235754
1474235751
9781474235761
9781474235747
1474235743
9781474235730
1474235735

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Companion to pragmatism
Pragmatism

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144/.3 23

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B832 .B56 2015eb

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Contents:

Acknowledgements ; Contributors ; How to use this book -- Part I: Researching Pragmatism. 1. Introduction / Sami Pihlström ; 2. Research Methods and Problems, Sami Pihlström ; 3. A History of Pragmatism / James Campbell -- Part II: Current Research and Issues. 4. Epistemology, Logic, and Inquiry / John Capps ; 5. Metaphysics / Sami Pihlström ; 6. Science and Technology, Larry Hickman ; 7. Aesthetics / Armen Marsoobian ; 8. Ethics / Michael Eldridge ; 9. Social Theory / Erkki Kilpinen ; 10. Politics / Shane, J. Ralston ; 11. Education / Barbara J. Thayer-Bacon ; 12. Economics / Paul B. Thompson ; 13. Race / Shannon Sullivan ; 14. Religion / Ulf Zackariasson -- Part III: Past and Future. 15. New Directions / Sami Pihlström ; 16. A History of Pragmatism / James Campbell ; 17. Chronology / Michael Eldridge -- Part III: Resources. 18. Glossary / Michael Eldridge and Sami Pihlström ; 19. Research Resources / Sami Pihlström -- 20. Select Bibliography -- Index.

Summary: Pragmatism provides not just a theoretical perspective on science and inquiry, but ways of being in the world, of knowing the reality we inhabit. Approaching this philosophical tradition as a diverse set of philosophies that it is, The Bloomsbury Companion to Pragmatism introduces many of the ideas and debates at the centre of the field today. Focusing on issues in 12 different subject areas, this up-to-date companion covers current research in aesthetics, economics, education, ethics, history, law, metaphysics, politics, race, religion, science and technology, language, and social theory.

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Pragmatism provides not just a theoretical perspective on science and inquiry, but ways of being in the world, of knowing the reality we inhabit. Approaching this philosophical tradition as a diverse set of philosophies that it is, The Bloomsbury Companion to Pragmatism introduces many of the ideas and debates at the centre of the field today. Focusing on issues in 12 different subject areas, this up-to-date companion covers current research in aesthetics, economics, education, ethics, history, law, metaphysics, politics, race, religion, science and technology, language, and social theory.

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