The Pragmatism and Prejudice of Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

by Allen Mendenhall

Book Overview

This book investigates the extent to which various scholarly labels are appropriate for the work of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. As Louis Menand wrote, "Holmes has been called a formalist, a positivist, a utilitarian, a realist, a historicist, a pragmatist, (not to mention a nihilist)." Each of the eight chapters investigates one label, analyzes the secondary texts that support the use of the term to characterize Holmes's philosophy, and takes a stand...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1498561268
• ISBN13: 9781498561266
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"