Native pragmatism : rethinking the roots of American philosophy /
Author / Creator: | Pratt, Scott L., 1959- |
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Imprint: | Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2002. |
Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 316 pages) : illustrations |
Language: | English |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11115365 |
Summary: | Pragmatism is America's most distinctive philosophy. Generally it has been understood as a development of European thought in response to the "American wilderness." A closer examination, however, reveals that the roots and central commitments of pragmatism are indigenous to North America. Native Pragmatism recovers this history and thus provides the means to re-conceive the scope and potential of American philosophy. Pragmatism has been at best only partially understood by those who focus on its European antecedents. This book casts new light on pragmatism's complex origins and demands a rethinking of African American and feminist thought in the context of the American philosophical tradition. Scott L. Pratt demonstrates that pragmatism and its development involved the work of many thinkers previously overlooked in the history of philosophy. |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 316 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 025310890X 9780253108906 1282062727 9781282062726 0253340780 9780253340788 0253215196 9780253215192 9786612062728 661206272X |