Stoic Pragmatism (American Philosophy) - Softcover

Lachs, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0253223768 ISBN 13: 9780253223760

Verlag: Indiana University Press (IPS), 2012

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Páginas: 204 Géneros: Sinopsis:

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Few scholars have comprehended the capacities and limitations of classical American philosophy better than Lachs, who looks even further back to the Stoics as a model for understanding pragmatism. ... Recommended. * Choice * . . . I am confident thatStoic Pragmatism, like Walden, will elevate and humble readers by reminding them of their half-forgotten hopes for a nobler life. * Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews * Stoic Pragmatism offers plenty of appeal and promise. It fulfills its pragmatic mission of aiming at amelioration and encouraging our hopes - hopes partly inspired by Lachs's promise of further statements and refinements of his views. * Philosophy in Review * . . . a valuable contribution to the ongoing discussion of how pragmatism should be developed today . . . . * Transactions C S Peirce Society *

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John Lachs, one of American philosophy's most distinguished interpreters, turns to William James, Josiah Royce, Charles S. Peirce, John Dewey, and George Santayana to elaborate stoic pragmatism, or a way to live life within reasonable limits. Stoic pragmatism makes sense of our moral obligations in a world driven by perfectionist human ambition and unreachable standards of achievement. Lachs proposes a corrective to pragmatist amelioration and stoic acquiescence by being satisfied with what is good enough. This personal, yet modest, philosophy offers penetrating insights into the American way of life and our human character.

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• Verlag: Indiana University Press (IPS)
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0253223768
• ISBN 13: 9780253223760
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 204