Provides an insightful overview of what has made pragmatism such an attractive and exciting prospect to thinkers of different persuasions.

Explains what it is about Pragmatism that makes it such a distinctively attractive prospect to so many thinkers, even in previously hostile traditions. This work sets out the guiding thoughts behind the Pragmatist approach to philosophy and examines how these thoughts have faired in the hands of those largely responsible for the revival.