Introducing Pragmatism: A Tool for Rethinking Philosophy

by Cornelis De Waal

Book Overview

This unique introduction fully engages and clearly explains pragmatism, an approach to knowledge and philosophy that rejects outmoded conceptions of objectivity while avoiding relativism and subjectivism. It follows pragmatism's focus on the process of inquiry rather than on abstract justifications meant to appease the skeptic. According to pragmatists, getting to know the world is a creative human enterprise, wherein we fashion our concepts in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138367184
• ISBN13: 9781138367180
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"