Adjectival and Generic Pragmatism: Problems and Possibilities

• Authors: Michael Eldridge
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

While honoring the suggestion that one should always use an adjective with "pragmatism," I explore the possibility of a generic use of the term, contending that an orientation to habit or revisable practice is a useful indicator.

Keywords

EN

Pragmatism; habit; practice; action theory; neo-pragmatism

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Human Affairs
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 19
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 10-18

Dates

published

2009-06-01

online

2009-03-21

Contributors

author

Michael Eldridge

• Department of Philosophy, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Boulevard Charlotte, NC 28223 USA

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10023-009-0015-y