Pragmatist Metaphysics: An Essay on the Ethical Grounds of Ontology Contributor(s): Pihlström, Sami (Author) |
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ISBN: 1847065937 ISBN-13: 9781847065933 Publisher: Continuum OUR PRICE: $227.70 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2009 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Metaphysics - Philosophy | Movements - Pragmatism |
Dewey: 110 |
LCCN: 2008038907 |
Series: Continuum Studies in American Philosophy |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.2" W x 9.3" (1.10 lbs) 240 pages |
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Publisher Description: Pragmatist Metaphysics proposes a pragmatist re-articulation of the nature, aims and methods of metaphysics. Rather than regarding metaphysics as a 'first philosophy', an inquiry into the world independent of human perspectives, the pragmatist views metaphysics as an inquiry into categorizations of reality laden with human practices. Insofar as our categorizations of reality are practice-laden, they are also, inevitably, value-laden. |
Contributor Bio(s): Pihlstrom, Sami: - Sami Pihlström is Professor of Philosophy of Religion at the University of Helsinki, Finland. His previous publications include Pragmatism and Philosophical Anthropology (Peter Lang, 1998), Naturalizing the Transcendental: A Pragmatic View (Prometheus, 2003) and Pragmatic Moral Realism (Rodopi, 2005). He is a board member of the Central European Pragmatist Forum and the Nordic Pragmatism Network. |