Process Pragmatism
Essays on a Quiet Philosophical Revolution
Published on 1. January 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
199 pages
978-90-420-0985-1 (ISBN)
Description
This book discusses Process Pragmatism, the view that whatever is, derives from interactions. The contributors examine and defend its merits by focusing on major topics, including truth, the existence of unobservables, the origin of knowledge, scientific activity, mathematical functions, laws of nature, and moral agency.
Reviews / Votes
"Process Pragmatism is required reading for anyone interested in the future of pragmatism." in: Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy Newsletter, No. 98, June 2004More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Publishing group
Brill
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 220 mm
Width: 150 mm
Weight
363 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-420-0985-1 (9789042009851)
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Content
Editorial Foreword by John R. Shook
Preface by Guy Debrock
ONE Guy DEBROCK: Introduction: Process Pragmatism
TWO Sandra B. ROSENTHAL: Pragmatic Process Philosophy: A Uniquely Powerful Paradigm
THREE Carl HAUSMAN: Charles Peirce's Evolutionary Realism as a Process Philosophy
FOUR Jaime NUBIOLA: The Law of Reason and the Law of Love
FIVE Johan SIEBERS: Self-consciousness: A Pragmatic Process Approach
SIX James BRADLEY: The Generalization of the Mathematical Function: A Speculative Analysis
SEVEN Palmyre OOMEN: Immanence and Divine Persuasion: Whitehead's Provocative View on the Laws of Nature
EIGHT Herman C.D. DE REGT: Restless Thought: A Pragmatist View on Belief and Scientific Realism
NINE Michael H.G. HOFFMANN: Peirce's "Diagrammatic Reasoning": A Solution of the Learning Paradox
TEN Rowland STOUT: The Life of a Process
ELEVEN Guy DEBROCK: Ethics and Pragmatic Process Philosophy
About the Authors
Index
Preface by Guy Debrock
ONE Guy DEBROCK: Introduction: Process Pragmatism
TWO Sandra B. ROSENTHAL: Pragmatic Process Philosophy: A Uniquely Powerful Paradigm
THREE Carl HAUSMAN: Charles Peirce's Evolutionary Realism as a Process Philosophy
FOUR Jaime NUBIOLA: The Law of Reason and the Law of Love
FIVE Johan SIEBERS: Self-consciousness: A Pragmatic Process Approach
SIX James BRADLEY: The Generalization of the Mathematical Function: A Speculative Analysis
SEVEN Palmyre OOMEN: Immanence and Divine Persuasion: Whitehead's Provocative View on the Laws of Nature
EIGHT Herman C.D. DE REGT: Restless Thought: A Pragmatist View on Belief and Scientific Realism
NINE Michael H.G. HOFFMANN: Peirce's "Diagrammatic Reasoning": A Solution of the Learning Paradox
TEN Rowland STOUT: The Life of a Process
ELEVEN Guy DEBROCK: Ethics and Pragmatic Process Philosophy
About the Authors
Index