Cambridge Pragmatism: From Peirce and James to Ramsey and Wittgenstein

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Cheryl Misak (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, University of Toronto)

Cambridge Pragmatism

From Peirce and James to Ramsey and Wittgenstein

Cheryl Misak (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, University of Toronto)

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Oxford University Press
01 September 2016

Western philosophy, from c 1900 -

Cheryl Misak offers a strikingly new view of the development of philosophy in the twentieth century.

Pragmatism, the home-grown philosophy of America, thinks of truth not as a static relation between a sentence and the believer-independent world, but rather, a belief that works. The founders of pragmatism, Peirce and James, developed this idea in more (Peirce) and less (James) objective ways.

The standard story of the reception of American pragmatism in England is that Russell and Moore savaged James's theory, and that pragmatism has never fully recovered. An alternative, and underappreciated, story is told here. The brilliant Cambridge mathematician, philosopher and economist, Frank Ramsey, was in the mid-1920s heavily influenced by the almost-unheard-of Peirce and was developing a pragmatist position of great promise. He then transmitted that pragmatism to his friend Wittgenstein, although had Ramsey lived past the age of 26 to see what Wittgenstein did with that position, Ramsey would not have liked what he saw.

By: Cheryl Misak (Professor of Philosophy Professor of Philosophy University of Toronto)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 241mm, Width: 162mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 1g
ISBN: 9780198712077
ISBN 10: 0198712073
Pages: 432
Publication Date: 01 September 2016
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction Part I Cambridge, Massachusetts 1: Peirce 2: James 3: Bridges across the Atlantic Part II Cambridge, England 4: The Anti-Pragmatism of Pre-War Cambridge 5: The Pull of Pragmatism on Russell 6: Ramsey 7: Wittgenstein: Post-Tractatus Conclusion

Cheryl Misak is Professor of Philosophy, and former Provost, at the University of Toronto. She works on American Pragmatism, ethics, and the philosophy of medicine, and is the author of The American Pragmatists, Truth and the End of Inquiry, Truth, Politics, Morality: Pragmatism and Deliberation, and Verificationism: Its History and Prospects.

Reviews for Cambridge Pragmatism: From Peirce and James to Ramsey and Wittgenstein

Cheryl Misak's Cambridge Pragmatism is a key work for anyone who seeks to gain a deeper understanding of twentieth-century philosophy * Cornelis de Waal, Journal of the History of Philosophy *