Pragmatic Perspectives: Constructivism Beyond Truth and Realism

ISBN-13: 9781032177687 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 204 str.

Robert Schwartz

Opis

Based on expanded versions of his influential papers, as well previously unpublished essays, Schwartz demonstrates the relevance of pragmatic thought to a range of issues beyond concerns over truth and realism.

Spis treści

 

Introduction

Part I: Background

1. Whatever Happened to Pragmatism + Reflections

2. Pragmatic Inquiry and the "Go" of Truth

3. Epistemology: Inquiry or Knowledge

4. Pragmatic Inquiry and Knowledge

Part II: Constructivism

5. I'm Going to Make You a Star

6. Starting from Scratch: Making Worlds

7. The Power of Pictures

8. Creating Art, Creating Reality: A Wild(e) View of Art

Part III: Values and Ethics

9. The Facts about Facts

10. Pragmatic Constructivism: Values, Norms, and Obligations

Part IV: Perception

11. Veridicality in Berkeley's Theory of Vision

12. Pluralist Perspectives on Perceptual Error

13. Perceptual Veridicality

O autorze

Robert Schwartz is Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He has taught at Rockefeller University and CUNY, and been a Visiting Professor at Harvard University, University of Pennsylvania, and University of Chicago. He is the author of: Vision: Variations on Some Berkeleian Themes, Visual Versions, and Rethinking Pragmatism