toward a reconstruction of philosophy Kitcher, Philip 1947- creator text nyu New York Oxford Oxford University Press 2013 monographic eng

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1 online resource. Over the last two decades the distinguished philosopher Philip Kitcher has started to make a serious case for pragmatism as the source of a new life in contemporary philosophy. There are some, like Kitcher, who view today's analytic philosophy as mired in narrowly focused, technical disputes of little interest to the wider world. What is the future of philosophy, and what would it look like? These essays try to install the pragmatic spirit into contemporary philosophy, renewing James and Dewey for our own times. specialized Philip Kitcher. Includes index. Pragmatism B832 .K565 2013 144.3 9780199980154 (ebook) : http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199899555.001.0001 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199899555.001.0001 StDuBDS 121025 20150804193926.0 EDZ0000105864