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Publisher:
Acumen Publishing
Online publication date:
February 2013
Print publication year:
2009
Online ISBN:
9781844653829
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/UPO9781844653829
Subjects:
Philosophy: General Interest, Philosophy
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Book description

Some hundred years after its inception, pragmatism has reclaimed centre stage, not just within philosophy, but also within intellectual culture as a whole. This book sets out to explain what it is about pragmatism that makes it such a distinctively attractive prospect to so many thinkers, even in previously hostile traditions. Alan Malachowski sets out in a clear and accessible manner the original guiding thoughts behind the pragmatist approach to philosophy and examines how these thoughts have fared in the hands of those largely responsible for the present revival (Hilary Putnam and Richard Rorty). The pragmatism that emerges from this exploration of its “classic” and “new wave” forms is then assessed in terms of both its philosophical potential and its wider cultural contribution. Readers will emerge from the book with a more secure grip on what pragmatism involves and a correspondingly clearer grasp of what it has to offer and what its current resurgence is all about.

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"Alan Malachowski’s The New Pragmatism is an extremely thorough, engaging and readable introduction to a seemingly complex development in western philosophy. It will be valuable to those seeking clarity on the work of Rorty, Putnam, and their intellectual milieu."

Emma Bell

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