Pragmatism and the Writing of History

The contributions presented in this symposium explore, from different perspectives, the relationship between pragmatism and history, that is, the empirical study of the human past. These connections run deep, and may be assessed on several counts.First of all, many pragmatist philosophers have devo...

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المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Gronda, Roberto, Viola, Tullio
التنسيق: Article ou chapitre numérique
اللغة:Anglais
منشور في: European Journal of Pragmatism and American Philosophy 2017
الوصول للمادة أونلاين:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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الملخص:The contributions presented in this symposium explore, from different perspectives, the relationship between pragmatism and history, that is, the empirical study of the human past. These connections run deep, and may be assessed on several counts.First of all, many pragmatist philosophers have devoted a great deal of attention to investigating the nature of historical knowledge and its relevance to philosophy. Classical pragmatists such as Peirce, Dewey and Mead laid a strong emphasis on pro...