Pragmatism and the Problem of the Idea (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

John Thomas Driscoll

9780265724521: Pragmatism and the Problem of the Idea (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 026572452X ISBN 13: 9780265724521

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Explore how pragmatism reshapes truth, reality, and knowledge through experiment and purpose.

This insightful study examines the differences between pragmatist and scholastic views, showing how experience, methods, and human goals shape what we call true.

In accessible terms, the book surveys how humanism treats experience as active and purposive. It explains how truth can be seen as a value placed on successful experimentation, and how our hypotheses may be practical approximations rather than absolute certainties. It also contrasts sense-based knowledge with higher, abstract understanding, and discusses how both play roles in how we think about reality.

Learn how experience becomes a form of experiment, with truth judged by usefulness and outcomes.
See how pragmatism handles questions of reality, knowledge, and the role of human purposes.
Understand the tension between concrete sense data and abstract intellect in shaping our beliefs.
Discover how the book frames metaphysical questions through a pragmatic lens and how this affects the idea of truth.

Ideal for readers of philosophy who want a clear overview of pragmatist ideas, humanism, and their critique of traditional metaphysics.

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