A Companion to Pragmatism

A Companion to Pragmatism, comprised of 38 newly commissioned essays, provides comprehensive coverage of one of the most vibrant and exciting fields of philosophy today. Unique in depth and coverage of classical figures and their philosophies as well as pragmatism as a living force in philosophy. Chapters include discussions on philosophers such as John Dewey, J rgen Habermas and Hilary Putnam.

A Companion to Pragmatism, comprised of 38 newly commissioned essays, provides comprehensive coverage of one of the most vibrant and exciting fields of philosophy today.* Unique in depth and coverage of classical figures and their philosophies as well as pragmatism as a living force in philosophy.* Chapters include discussions on philosophers such as John Dewey, Jürgen Habermas and Hilary Putnam.

List of Contributors viiiPreface xNotes on Abbreviations xiIntroduction: Pragmatism, Retrospective, and Prospective 1Joseph MargolisPart I MAJOR FIGURES 111 Charles Sanders Peirce 13Vincent M. Colapietro2 William James 30Ellen Kappy Suckiel3 F. C. S. Schiller and European Pragmatism 44John R. Shook4 John Dewey 54Philip W. Jackson5 George Herbert Mead 67Gary A. Cook6 Jane Addams 79Marilyn Fischer7 Alain L. Locke 87Leonard Harris8 C. I. Lewis 94Murray G. Murphey9 W. V. Quine 101Roger F. Gibson, Jr.10 Hilary Putnam 108Harvey J. Cormier11 Jürgen Habermas 120Joseph M. Heath12 Richard Rorty 127Kai NielsenPart II TRANSFORMING PHILOSOPHY 13913 Not Cynicism, but Synechism: Lessons from ClassicalPragmatism 141Susan Haack14 Peirce and Cartesian Rationalism 154Douglas R. Anderson15 James, Empiricism, and Absolute Idealism 166Timothy L. S. Sprigge16 Hegel and Realism 177Kenneth R. Westphal17 Dewey, Dualism, and Naturalism 184Thomas M. Alexander18 Expressivism and Mead's Social Self 193Mitchell Aboulafia19 Marxism and Critical Theory 202Paulo Ghiraldelli, Jr.20 Philosophical Hermeneutics 209David Vessey21 Language, Mind, and Naturalism in Analytic Philosophy215Bjørn T. Ramberg22 Feminism 232Shannon W. Sullivan23 Pluralism, Relativism, and Historicism 239Joseph Margolis24 Experience as Freedom 249John J. McDermottPart III CULTURE AND NATURE 25525 Pragmatism as Anti-authoritarianism 257Richard Rorty26 Intelligence and Ethics 267Hilary Putnam27 Democracy and Value Inquiry 278Ruth Anna Putnam28 Liberal Democracy 290Robert B. Westbrook29 Pluralism and Deliberative Democracy: A Pragmatist Approach301Judith M. Green30 Philosophy as Education 317Jim Garrison31 Creativity and Society 323Hans Joas and Erkki Kilpinen32 Religious Empiricism and Naturalism 336Nancy K. Frankenberry33 Aesthetics 352Richard Shusterman34 Aesthetic Experience and the Neurobiology of Inquiry361Jay Schulkin35 Cognitive Science 369Mark Johnson36 Inquiry, Deliberation, and Method 378Isaac Levi37 Pragmatic Idealism and Metaphysical Realism 386Nicholas Rescher38 Scientific Realism, Anti-Realism, and Empiricism 398Cheryl J. MisakName Index 410Subject Index 420