Pragmatism and Political Pluralism

Pragmatists always had clear ideas about the relations between the natural and the social worlds. Most of them tell us, first of all, that human beings have evolved within nature as creatures that solve their survival problems through intelligence. The emergence of intelligence, on the other hand,...

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Glavni autor: Marsonet, Michele
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Jezik:Anglais
Izdano: European Journal of Pragmatism and American Philosophy 2017
Online pristup:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Sažetak:Pragmatists always had clear ideas about the relations between the natural and the social worlds. Most of them tell us, first of all, that human beings have evolved within nature as creatures that solve their survival problems through intelligence. The emergence of intelligence, on the other hand, must not be seen as a purpose of nature itself, but rather as our functional version of survival mechanisms such as physical force or numerousness. The systematic use of this intelligence in a cont...