Native Pragmatism: Rethinking the Roots of American Philosophy

by Scott L. Pratt

Book Overview

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. Pragmatism has been at best...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253215196
• ISBN13: 9780253215192
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher