Peirce, James, and a pragmatic philosophy of religion /
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| Author / Creator: | Woell, John W., author. |
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| Imprint: | London ; New York : Continuum International Publishing Group, 2012. ©2012 |
| Description: | 1 online resource (225 pages). |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Continuum studies in American philosophy Continuum studies in American philosophy. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11230210 |
| Summary: | In this book, John W. Woell shows us how contemporary readings of American Pragmatism founded on mistakenly used categories of the Analytic tradition have led to misreadings of Peirce and James. By focusing on terms drawn largely from Descartes and Kant, contemporary debates between metaphysical realists, antirealists, Realists and Nonrealists, have, argues Woell, failed to shed great light on pragmatism in general and a pragmatic philosophy of religion in particular. Woell contends that paying close attention to the internal relationships among inquiry, belief, and their objects in the respective works of Peirce and James provides a means for fully appreciating pragmatism's richness as a resource for philosophy of religion. By taking account of a pragmatic point of view in philosophy of religion, this book incites a more productive discussion of the metaphysical status of religious objects and of the epistemic status of religious belief. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (225 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781441117007 1441117008 9781472524133 9781441168009 1441168001 9781441111203 1441111204 |