Pragmatist Truth in the Post-Truth Age: Sincerity, Normativity, and Humanism

ISBN-13: 9781316517703 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 260 str.

Sami Pihlström

Opis

Engages in a self-critical examination of the pragmatist conception of truth integrating ethics, epistemology, and philosophy of religion.

Recenzje

'Recommended.' J. R. Shook, Choice Connect

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. James's children? The pragmatist conception of truth and the slippery slope to 'Post-Truth'; 2. Religious truth and pluralism from a pragmatist point of view; 3. Around or through Kant? Kantian transcendental pessimism and Jamesian empirical meliorism; 4. The will to believe and holistic pragmatism; 5. How is normativity possible? A holistic-pragmatist perspective; 6. Pragmatic agnosticism – meaning, truth, and suffering; Conclusion. Pragmatic transcendental humanism; References; Index.