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Values and powers : re-reading the philosophical tradition of American pragmatism / Krzysztof Piotr Skowroński

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Skowroński, Krzysztof
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Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2009.
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1 online resource (xvi, 202 pages).
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Contents
Introduction : values and powers in a philosophical context -- pt. 1, Proto-pragmatic approach to values and powers. A prelude to American pragmatism : transcendentalism as the power of thought and of will ; Charles S. Pierce's pragmaticism and the revaluation of thinking on values and powers -- pt. 2, Pragmatic approach to values and powers. The axiology of pragmatic metaphysics : the powers of men in William James ; Loyalty to a worthy cause and provincialism as saving power in Josiah Royce ; John Dewey and the might of democratic values ; Democracy and exclusion in pragmatic aesthetics (Dewey, Shusterman, Margolis) ; Evaluative character of social interactions in George Herbert Mead ; Richard Rorty's liberal democracy and the limits of cultural imperialism -- pt. 3, Quasi-pragmatic approach to values and powers. Powers and perfections in George Santayana's Abulensean pragmatism.
Summary
This book shows how much and in what sense values are related to powers and powers are related to values in American pragmatism. The proposed re-reading of American pragmatism will facilitate a novel understanding of it as a philosophical movement and, by showing its truly humanistic, democratic, and pro-social character, the stronger impetus for current rethinking of values is being provided.
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9789042027466 (electronic bk.)
9042027460 (electronic bk.)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-195) and index.
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