Does James have a Place for Objectivity?

In her new book The American Pragmatists Cheryl Misak provides a reading of the history of American Pragmatism in which it is composed of two related yet distinct types of pragmatism. She characterizes the debate between these two types of pragmatism as a debate betweenthose who assert (or whose vi...

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Publicado en:URI:https://journals.openedition.org/ejpap,
Autor principal: Levine, Steven
Formato: Article ou chapitre numérique
Lenguaje:Anglais
Publicado: European Journal of Pragmatism and American Philosophy 2017
Acceso en línea:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Sumario:In her new book The American Pragmatists Cheryl Misak provides a reading of the history of American Pragmatism in which it is composed of two related yet distinct types of pragmatism. She characterizes the debate between these two types of pragmatism as a debate betweenthose who assert (or whose view entails) that there is no truth and objectivity to be had anywhere and those who take pragmatism to promise an account of truth that preserves our cognitive aspiration of getting things right. O...