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Pragmatism and Values
The Central European Pragmatist Forum, Volume One
Series: - Value Inquiry Book Series, Volume: 152
- Studies in Pragmatism and Values, Volume: 152
The essays in this volume are from the First Conference of the Central European Pragmatist Forum, held in Slovakia in 2000. Written by prominent specialists in pragmatism and American philosophy from the United States and Europe, they survey contemporary thinking on classical and contemporary pragmatism, social and political theory, aesthetics, and the application of pragmatist thought in contemporary Europe.
John Ryder is Professor of Philosophy and the Director of International Programs, State University of New York, in Albany, New York. Recent publications include Interpreting America: Russian and Soviet Studies of the History of American Thought and The Philosophical Writings of Cadwallader Colden (with Scott Pratt).
Emil ViÅ¡Åovský is Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Social and Biological Communication, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia. He is the coauthor of three books, and has translated into Slovak two anthologies on pragmatism and Dewey. His book (in Slovak) Pragmatism and Neopragmatism will be published in 2004.
Emil ViÅ¡Åovský is Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Social and Biological Communication, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia. He is the coauthor of three books, and has translated into Slovak two anthologies on pragmatism and Dewey. His book (in Slovak) Pragmatism and Neopragmatism will be published in 2004.
Foreword by Peter H. Hare
Preface by John Ryder and Emil ViÅ¡Åovský
Pragmatism in its Contexts
ONE Joseph MARGOLIS: The Master Economies of Pragmatism
TWO John RYDER: American Philosophy in Post-Communist Europe
THREE Emil VIÅ ÅOVSKÃ: Pragmatism and Our Cultural Identity
FOUR Jaroslav HROCH: American Pragmatism and Neo-Pragmatism in Their Affinities with European Philosophical Hermeneutics
FIVE Etala FARKAÅ OVÃ and Mariana SZAPUOVÃ: Chances for an Alliance Between Pragmatism and Feminism
SIX Russell B. GOODMAN: Wittgenstein and James: Pragmatism and Will
SEVEN Zdenka KALNICKÃ: Metaphors in Pragmatist Texts: What Can They Reveal About Their Values
EIGHT VladimÃr ZEMAN: Expectations Which Have Not Materialised? The Track Record of Pragmatism from Karel Äapek to Our Times
Pragmatism in Culture and Society
NINE James CAMPBELL: The Centrality of Community to Democracy
TEN Tom ROCKMORE: Rorty, Philosophy, and Social Hope
ELEVEN Michael ELDRIDGE: Pragmatismâs Elusive Life-Enhancing Social Philosophy
TWELVE Phillip McREYNOLDS: Deweyâs Ideal of Scientific Democracy: Where are We Headed?
THIRTEEN Shannon SULLIVAN: Race, Space and Place: Deweyan Reflections on Racism and Roma
Pragmatism in Sciences and Arts
FOURTEEN Jane SKINNER: Rorty, Science and Meaning: The Dangers for Democracy
FIFTEEN Chet BOWERS: The Double Binds in using Deweyâs Epistemology to address Eco-Justice Issues
SIXTEEN Pedro RODRÃGUEZ: The Pragmatist Strikes Back: Rorty, Derrida and the âLiteraryâ Critique of Postmodernism
SEVENTEEN Giovanni MADDALENA: Abduction: A Bridge between Analytics and Hermeneutics
EIGHTEEN Igor HANZEL: Hegelâs Science of Logic vs. Carnapâs Logic of Science: On the Conflict Between the Analytic and Dialectical Tradition in Philosophy
NINETEEN Krystyna WILKOSZEWSKA: Deweyâs Philosophy of Art as a Challenge for European Aesthetics
TWENTY Leszek KOCZANOWICZ and Agata SYPNIEWSKA: Aethetic Ethics: Self-Creation, Community and the Other
About the Editors and Contributors
Index
Preface by John Ryder and Emil ViÅ¡Åovský
Pragmatism in its Contexts
ONE Joseph MARGOLIS: The Master Economies of Pragmatism
TWO John RYDER: American Philosophy in Post-Communist Europe
THREE Emil VIÅ ÅOVSKÃ: Pragmatism and Our Cultural Identity
FOUR Jaroslav HROCH: American Pragmatism and Neo-Pragmatism in Their Affinities with European Philosophical Hermeneutics
FIVE Etala FARKAÅ OVÃ and Mariana SZAPUOVÃ: Chances for an Alliance Between Pragmatism and Feminism
SIX Russell B. GOODMAN: Wittgenstein and James: Pragmatism and Will
SEVEN Zdenka KALNICKÃ: Metaphors in Pragmatist Texts: What Can They Reveal About Their Values
EIGHT VladimÃr ZEMAN: Expectations Which Have Not Materialised? The Track Record of Pragmatism from Karel Äapek to Our Times
Pragmatism in Culture and Society
NINE James CAMPBELL: The Centrality of Community to Democracy
TEN Tom ROCKMORE: Rorty, Philosophy, and Social Hope
ELEVEN Michael ELDRIDGE: Pragmatismâs Elusive Life-Enhancing Social Philosophy
TWELVE Phillip McREYNOLDS: Deweyâs Ideal of Scientific Democracy: Where are We Headed?
THIRTEEN Shannon SULLIVAN: Race, Space and Place: Deweyan Reflections on Racism and Roma
Pragmatism in Sciences and Arts
FOURTEEN Jane SKINNER: Rorty, Science and Meaning: The Dangers for Democracy
FIFTEEN Chet BOWERS: The Double Binds in using Deweyâs Epistemology to address Eco-Justice Issues
SIXTEEN Pedro RODRÃGUEZ: The Pragmatist Strikes Back: Rorty, Derrida and the âLiteraryâ Critique of Postmodernism
SEVENTEEN Giovanni MADDALENA: Abduction: A Bridge between Analytics and Hermeneutics
EIGHTEEN Igor HANZEL: Hegelâs Science of Logic vs. Carnapâs Logic of Science: On the Conflict Between the Analytic and Dialectical Tradition in Philosophy
NINETEEN Krystyna WILKOSZEWSKA: Deweyâs Philosophy of Art as a Challenge for European Aesthetics
TWENTY Leszek KOCZANOWICZ and Agata SYPNIEWSKA: Aethetic Ethics: Self-Creation, Community and the Other
About the Editors and Contributors
Index