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Diggins, John P. - The promise of pragmatism : modernism and the crisis of knowledge and authority.

Title: The promise of pragmatism : modernism and the crisis of knowledge and authority.
Description: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1994. Hardcover. Dustjacket. 515 pp. Condition : as new. Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : as new. - In this critique of pragmatism and neopragmatism, an historian traces the attempts of thinkers from William James to Richard Rorty to find a response to the crisis of modernism. John Patrick Diggins analyzes the limitations of pragmatism from a historical perspective and asks whether America's one original contribution to the world of philosophy has actually fulfilled its promise. ISBN 9780226148786.

Keywords: PHILOSOPHY,

Price: EUR 10.00 = appr. US$ 10.87 Seller: Kloof Booksellers & Scientia Verlag
- Book number: %23275717