John Dewey is a Tool: Lessons from Rorty and Brandom on the History of Pragmatism

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作者
Miller, Steven A. [1 ]
机构
[1] Southern Illinois Univ Carbondale, Carbondale, IL USA
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Richard Rorty; Robert Brandom; Larry Hickman; instrumental hermeneutics; pragmatism;
D O I
10.2979/trancharpeirsoc.50.2.246
中图分类号
B [哲学、宗教];
学科分类号
01 ; 0101 ;
摘要
Richard Rorty's writings have long frustrated scholars of classical American philosophy. Robert Brandom's recent engagements with the history of pragmatism have been met with similar disdain. This essay draws on Larry A. Hickman's theory of technology and tool-use to find a productive framework for thinking through these interpretations. Foregrounding the purposes that guide their readings, we may find value where many readers have seen only ignorance. This strategy does not embrace interpretive relativism, nor does it preclude all scholarly criticism, but it instead promises a living and engaged approach to working with the history of philosophy.
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页码:246 / 264
页数:19
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