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A concise accessible overview of pragmatism the most influential school of American philosophical thought

Pragmatism Americas homegrown philosophy has been a major intellectual movement for over a century Unlike its rivals it reaches well beyond the confines of philosophy into concerns and disciplines as diverse as religion politics science and culture In this concise engagingly written overview John R Shook describes pragmatisms origins concepts and continuing global relevance and appeal With attention to the movements original thinkersCharles Sanders Peirce William James John Dewey and George Herbert Meadas well as its contemporary proponents he explains how pragmatism thinks about what is real what can be known and what minds are doing And because of pragmatisms farreaching impact Shook shows how its views on reality truth knowledge and cognition coordinate with its approaches to agency sociality human nature and personhood