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Author |
: Diana Heney |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 180 |
Release |
: 2016-05-20 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781317280361 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1317280369 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (61 Downloads) |
Synopsis Toward a Pragmatist Metaethics by : Diana Heney
In our current social landscape, moral questions—about economic disparity, disadvantaging biases, and scarcity—are rightly receiving attention with a sense of urgency. This book argues that classical pragmatism offers a compelling and useful account of our engagement with moral life. The key arguments are first, that a broader reading of the pragmatist tradition than is usually attempted within the context of ethical theory is necessary; and second, that this broad reading offers resources that enable us to move forward in contemporary debates about truth and principles in moral life. The first argument is made by demonstrating that there is an arc of theoretical unity that stretches from two key founders of pragmatism—Charles Sanders Peirce and William James—through the work of John Dewey and Clarence Irving Lewis. The second argument is made by engaging with contemporary debates concerning the truth-status of the judgments and assertions made in ordinary moral discourse, as well as the role and nature of moral principles. Toward a Pragmatist Metaethics will be of interest to scholars of American philosophy, American intellectual history, and moral and political theorists, as well as anyone interested in the contours and demands of shared moral discourse.
Author |
: Diana Beverley Heney |
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: |
Total Pages |
: |
Release |
: 2014 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:1333979681 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (81 Downloads) |
Synopsis Ethics Experience by : Diana Beverley Heney
Author |
: Diana Heney |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 203 |
Release |
: 2016-05-20 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781317280354 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1317280350 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (54 Downloads) |
Synopsis Toward a Pragmatist Metaethics by : Diana Heney
In our current social landscape, moral questions—about economic disparity, disadvantaging biases, and scarcity—are rightly receiving attention with a sense of urgency. This book argues that classical pragmatism offers a compelling and useful account of our engagement with moral life. The key arguments are first, that a broader reading of the pragmatist tradition than is usually attempted within the context of ethical theory is necessary; and second, that this broad reading offers resources that enable us to move forward in contemporary debates about truth and principles in moral life. The first argument is made by demonstrating that there is an arc of theoretical unity that stretches from two key founders of pragmatism—Charles Sanders Peirce and William James—through the work of John Dewey and Clarence Irving Lewis. The second argument is made by engaging with contemporary debates concerning the truth-status of the judgments and assertions made in ordinary moral discourse, as well as the role and nature of moral principles. Toward a Pragmatist Metaethics will be of interest to scholars of American philosophy, American intellectual history, and moral and political theorists, as well as anyone interested in the contours and demands of shared moral discourse.
Author |
: James Jakób Liszka |
Publisher |
: State University of New York Press |
Total Pages |
: 251 |
Release |
: 2021-11-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781438485898 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1438485891 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (98 Downloads) |
Synopsis Pragmatist Ethics by : James Jakób Liszka
Grounded in American pragmatism, Pragmatist Ethics proposes a rethinking of ethics. Rather than looking to the good—a concept for which consensus is difficult to achieve—pragmatists instead advocate for tending to the problems of the day. James Jakób Liszka examines how daily practices and institutions are originally conceived and then evolve to solve certain problems, and that their failure to do so is the source of most problems. Liszka argues that the ethical goal, therefore, is to improve upon these practices and that the sort of practical reasoning that characterizes practices can be enhanced by a more scientific, empirical approach. But how do we know when changes to practices and institutions are progressive? Problems will plague the best of communities; the better community is the one that succeeds best at solving its problems. Pragmatist Ethics examines various accounts of improvement and progress, concluding that the problem-solving effectiveness of communities is the key to progressive changes.
Author |
: Philip Kitcher |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 459 |
Release |
: 2012-11-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780199986798 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0199986797 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (98 Downloads) |
Synopsis Preludes to Pragmatism by : Philip Kitcher
In these essays, distinguished philosopher Philip Kitcher argues for a reconstruction of philosophy along the lines of classical Pragmatism
Author |
: Richard Atkins |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 241 |
Release |
: 2016-08-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781107161306 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1107161304 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (06 Downloads) |
Synopsis Peirce and the Conduct of Life by : Richard Atkins
An analysis of Pierce's practical philosophy and its interactions with that of William James, for scholars of American philosophy, pragmatism and ethics.
Author |
: Sami Pihlström |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 257 |
Release |
: 2021-09-23 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781009051507 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1009051504 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (07 Downloads) |
Synopsis Pragmatist Truth in the Post-Truth Age by : Sami Pihlström
It is commonly believed that populist politics and social media pose a serious threat to our concept of truth. Philosophical pragmatists, who are typically thought to regard truth as merely that which is 'helpful' for us to believe, are sometimes blamed for providing the theoretical basis for the phenomenon of 'post-truth'. In this book, Sami Pihlström develops a pragmatist account of truth and truth-seeking based on the ideas of William James, and defends a thoroughly pragmatist view of humanism which gives space for a sincere search for truth. By elaborating on James's pragmatism and the 'will to believe' strategy in the philosophy of religion, Pihlström argues for a Kantian-inspired transcendental articulation of pragmatism that recognizes irreducible normativity as a constitutive feature of our practices of pursuing the truth. James himself thereby emerges as a deeply Kantian thinker.
Author |
: Andrew Sepielli |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 335 |
Release |
: 2022-08-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780192670335 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0192670336 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (35 Downloads) |
Synopsis Pragmatist Quietism by : Andrew Sepielli
The claim that there are objective ethical truths has attracted its share of doubters. Many have thought that such truths would require an extra-ethical foundation or vindication--in metaphysics, or the philosophy of language, or epistemology--and have worried that no such thing is available. Pragmatist Quietism argues that, on the contrary, there are objective ethical truths, and that these neither require nor admit of a foundation or vindication from outside of ethics. Recognizing that the idea of an ethical realm untethered from inquiry into reality, meaning, and knowledge may strike us as mysterious, this book offers a comprehensive meta-ethical worldview within which this jarring proposal may be ensconced. The key moves are, first, the assimilation of normative-ethical inquiry to the sorts of debates that many have labelled 'merely verbal' or 'non-substantive', and second, the adoption of pragmatism--the approach to inquiry and explanation on which we endeavour to guide our thinking by considerations of value, rather than aiming to correctly represent the world.
Author |
: James Jakób Liszka |
Publisher |
: Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages |
: 249 |
Release |
: 2021-07-25 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781000415599 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1000415597 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (99 Downloads) |
Synopsis Charles Peirce on Ethics, Esthetics and the Normative Sciences by : James Jakób Liszka
This book presents a comprehensive and systematic picture of Charles Peirce’s ethics and aesthetics, arguing that Peirce established a normative framework for the study of right conduct and good ends. It also connects Peirce’s normative thought to contemporary debates in ethical theory. Peirce sought to articulate the relation among logic as right thinking, ethics as good conduct and, in an unorthodox sense of aesthetics, the pursuit of ends that are fine and worthy. Each plays an important role in ethical life. Once aesthetics has determined what makes an end worthy and admirable, and ethics determines which are good and right to pursue, logical and scientific reasoning is employed to figure the most likely means to attain those ends. Ethics does the additional duty of ensuring that the means conform to ideals of conduct. In the process, Peirce develops an interesting theory of moral motivation, an account of moral reasoning, moral truth, and a picture of what constitutes a moral community. Charles Peirce on Ethics, Esthetics and the Normative Sciences will be of interest to scholars and students working on Peirce, American philosophy, and metaethics.
Author |
: Luz Christopher Seiberth |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 244 |
Release |
: 2021-12-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781000511055 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1000511057 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (55 Downloads) |
Synopsis Intentionality in Sellars by : Luz Christopher Seiberth
This book argues that Sellars’ theory of intentionality can be understood as an advancement of a transcendental philosophical approach. It shows how Sellars develops his theory of intentionality through his engagement with the theoretical philosophy of Immanuel Kant. The book delivers a provocative reinterpretation of one of the most problematic and controversial concepts of Sellars' philosophy: the picturing-relation. Sellars' theory of intentionality addresses the question of how to reconcile two aspects that seem opposed: the non-relational theory of intellectual and linguistic content and a causal-transcendental theory of representation inspired by the philosophy of the early Wittgenstein. The author explains how both parts cohere in a transcendental account of finite knowledge. He claims that this can only be achieved by reading Sellars as committed to a transcendental methodology inspired by Kant. In a final step, he brings his interpretation to bear on the contemporary metaphilosophical debate on pragmatism and expressivism. Intentionality in Sellars will be of interest to scholars of Sellars and Kant, as well as researchers working in philosophy of mind, epistemology, and the history of nineteenth- and twentieth-century philosophy.