Introduction

More than thirty years ago, Richard Rorty published Consequences of Pragmatism. There, and in other writings, Rorty challenged the centrality and even the necessity of “experience”, a notion that had played such an important role in the work of pragmatists such as Charles S. Peirce, William James,...

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Hovedforfatter: Hildebrand, David L.
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Sprog:Anglais
Udgivet: European Journal of Pragmatism and American Philosophy 2015
Online adgang:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Summary:More than thirty years ago, Richard Rorty published Consequences of Pragmatism. There, and in other writings, Rorty challenged the centrality and even the necessity of “experience”, a notion that had played such an important role in the work of pragmatists such as Charles S. Peirce, William James, and John Dewey. Rorty denigrated “experience” as both unnecessary and retrograde, and criticized Dewey and James for either lapsing into bad faith (offering experience as a substitute for “substanc...