Pragmatism as a Way of Life: The Lasting Legacy of William James and John Dewey

by Ruth Anna Putnam and Hilary Putnam

Throughout his diverse and highly influential career, Hilary Putnam was famous for changing his mind. As a pragmatist he treated philosophical "positions" as experiments in deliberate living. His aim was not to fix on one position but to attempt to do justice to the depth and complexity of reality. In this new collection, he and Ruth Anna Putnam argue that key elements of the classical pragmatism of William James and John Dewey provide a framework...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067496750X
• ISBN13: 9780674967502
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.4" x 9.3"