The American Evasion of Philosophy: A Genealogy of Pragmatism

West, Cornel

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“…I term this view 'reconstructive separatism' because I take it to be an improvement on two other prominent models for understanding the relationship between philosophy and theology that are often found in contemporary philosophical debates: separatism (represented primarily by John Rawls's notion of political liberalism, 24 but also reflected to some extent in Robert Audi's defense of secular reason 25 and Heidegger's suggestion of methodological atheism 26 ), which generally claims that philosophy and theology are separate because of the biases of the latter in comparison with the public accessibility of the former, and reconstructivism (represented by Richard Rorty's neo-pragmatic notion of social hope, 27 Cornel West's account of prophetic pragmatism, 28 and even Derrida's 'religion without religion' 29 ), which generally claims that philosophical appropriations of religious ideas and terminology is fine when such ideas and terminology are revised so significantly as no longer to be very recognizable to members of determinate religions.…”

Section: Philosophy Not Theologymentioning

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On Shared Hopes for (Mashup) Philosophy of Religion: A Reply to Trakakis

Simmons

2012

The Heythrop Journal

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Section: Philosophy Not Theologymentioning

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On Shared Hopes for (Mashup) Philosophy of Religion: A Reply to Trakakis

Simmons

2012

The Heythrop Journal

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“…15 Schiller (1996) makes reference to Mills on this point as well. 16 West (1989) misquotes Mills's use of ''problematization'' as ''problemization'' in the passage under consideration (p. 126). 17 Rorty (1998a) simply reads Dewey into Croly's brand of progressivism as a proposed path for circumventing the cultural left.…”

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Through a Public Darkly: Reconstructing Pragmatist Perspectives in Communication Theory

Russill

2008

Communication Theory

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This article aims to retrieve the problem-responsive dimension of pragmatist theories in their relevance for the reconceptualization of public participation in communication theory. This dimension is central to pragmatist perspectives on the formation and functioning of publics and I propose that we reconstruct pragmatism as a tradition of communication theory in light of this fact. First, I reexamine the historical emergence of pragmatism in communication theory and I suggest James Carey was unable to challenge positivism or objectivism from within a pragmatist tradition. Second, I retrieve John Dewey's account of inquiry in a manner anticipating its implications for his theory of publics. Third, I resituate the Dewey-Lippmann debate within the context of a pragmatist tradition to demonstrate how deeply their differences turn on problem formulation. In conclusion, I connect the pragmatist tradition to contemporary work on problematization to address the limitations of each perspective.

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“…Whatever Rorty's transgressions, he has added color to a once faded philosophy. Other pragmatists such as West (1989) suggest new forms of pragmatism, based in the classical forms but inwoven with Emersonian and Gramscian ideas. Although originally a philosopher of mathematical logic, Putnam's more recent work (e.g.…”

Section: Pragmatism As a Philosophical Basis For Geographic Inquirymentioning

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Qualitative Explorations in Health Geography: Using Pragmatism and Related Concepts as Guides

Cutchin

1999

The Professional Geographer

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Geographers who study health and health care increasingly turn to qualitative methodologies to explore aspects of problems passed over by descriptive or quantitative approaches. The concurrent focus on place and health has furthered this turn. To deepen the basis for qualitative research into health and place, this paper introduces pragmatism as a philosophical basis for such work. Subsequently, the paper considers the concept of place from the perspective of pragmatism and discusses a framework termed "place integration." Concepts consistent with pragmatism and place integration-social capital, core participation, and community reconstruction-are then suggested as possible guides for qualitative inquiry into both health and health care problems. The objective is a philosophically grounded qualitative health geography that focuses on situated experience and integrative processes in place, generates new concepts to meliorate health and health care problems, and begins to connect what have been the disease and health care "sides" of health geography. Key Words: pragmatism, place, health geography, qualitative methodologies.The world in which we immediately live, that in which we strive, succeed, and are defeated is preeminently a qualitative world. -John Dewey (1930, 5).

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The American Evasion of Philosophy: A Genealogy of Pragmatism

Cited by 146 publications

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On Shared Hopes for (Mashup) Philosophy of Religion: A Reply to Trakakis

On Shared Hopes for (Mashup) Philosophy of Religion: A Reply to Trakakis

Through a Public Darkly: Reconstructing Pragmatist Perspectives in Communication Theory

Qualitative Explorations in Health Geography: Using Pragmatism and Related Concepts as Guides

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