TY - BOOK AU - Pratt,Scott L. TI - Native pragmatism: rethinking the roots of American philosophy SN - 025310890X AV - B944.P72 P74 2002eb U1 - 144/.3 21 PY - 2002/// CY - Bloomington PB - Indiana University Press KW - Pragmatism KW - Philosophy, American KW - Indian philosophy KW - North America KW - Pragmatisme KW - Philosophie américaine KW - pragmatism KW - aat KW - PHILOSOPHY KW - Movements KW - bisacsh KW - cct KW - fast KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; The problem of origins -- American pragmatism -- The colonial attitude -- American progress -- The indigenous attitude -- Welcoming the cannibals -- The logic of place -- "This very ground" -- Science and sovereignty -- The logic of home -- Feminism and pragmatism N2 - Pragmatism is America's most distinctive philosophy. Generally, it has been understood as a development of European thought in response to the 'American wilderness'. A closer examination, however, reveals that the roots and central commitments of pragmatism are indigenous to North America. Native Pragmatism recovers this history and thus provides the means to re-conceive the scope and potential of American philosophy UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=66833 ER -