Pragmatism with Purpose: Selected Writings(American Philosophy)

Pragmatism with Purpose collects essays by the late Peter Hare, a leading proponent of the American philosophical tradition. The volume includes essays on "holistic pragmatism" that Hare developed in conversation with Morton White, as well as historical articles on William James and C. S. Peirce and commentaries on the profession.

Table of Contents:
Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Present at the End? Who Will Be There When the Last Stone Is Thrown? Vincent Colapietro Autobiographical Occasions A Brief Autobiography, -- Editing American Philosophy, -- Reflections on the Career of John J. McDermot, Part I: Ethics of Belief 1. The Right and Duty to Will to Believe (with Peter Kauber) 2. William James, Dickinson Miller and C. J. Ducasse on the Ethics of Belief (with Edward H. Madden) 3. Problems and Prospects in the Ethics of Belief Part II: Reflections on Classical Pragmatism 4. A Critical Appraisal of James's View of Causality (with Edward H. Madden) 5. In Memoriam: Frederic Harold Young (1905-2003) and the Founding of the Peirce Society 6. The American Philosophical Tradition as Progressively Enriched Naturalism Part III: Naturalism, Holism, Contextualism 7. Propositions and Adverbial Metaphysics 8. Thickening Holistic Pragmatism Part IV: Religion 9. On the Difficulty of Evading the Problem of Evil (with Edward H. Madden) 10. Religion and Analytic Naturalism 11. Buchler's Ordinal Metaphysics and Process Theology (with John Ryder) Part V: Philosophy, Past, Present, and Future 12. Neglected American Philosophers in the History of Interactionism (with John Lincourt) 13. The Future of American Philosophy Part VI: Poetry 14. What Are Poets for? Contextualism and Pragmatism 15. Misunderstandings between Poet and Philosopher: Wallace Stevens and Paul Weiss 16. Deep Conceptual Play in William James Part VII: Social Critique 17. Reflections on Civil Disobedience (with Edward H. Madden) 18. The American Mind 19. The Death Penalty Debate: A Humanist's Understanding of America's Social Problems 20.Values of the American Intellectual Class Notes Index

About the Author :
Douglas R. Anderson is Professor of Philosophy at Southern Illinois University–Carbondale.

Review :
"For forty years, Peter Hare was an acknowledged leader of a loose assembly of driven scholars marginalized by dominant philosophical cliques caring little for philosophy originating in America. Shining examples of Hare's intellectual leadership, admirably collected here, will long retain their scholarly and inspirational value. This volume represents an essential narrative to a broader account of late 20th century philosophy in America." -- -John R. Shook University at Buffalo "Peter Hare is a significant figure in contemporary Anglo-American thought, not least of all because his writings no less than his character are a concrete embodiment of intellectual pluralism." -- -Vincent Colapietro Pennsylvania State University "Pragmatism with Purpose unquestionably contributes to the cutting-edge of contemporary knowledge, offering insightful treatments of other contemporary thinkers. Peter Hare is a significant figure in contemporary Anglo-American thought, not least of all because his writings no less than his character are a concrete embodiment of intellectual pluralism." -- -Vincent Colapietro Pennsylvania State University "I can think of no more fitting epitaph for Hare's life and no better celebration of what he was able to accomplish in his too few years than what is included in this volume." -Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews "For forty years, Peter Hare was an acknowledged leader of a loose assembly of driven scholars marginalized by dominant philosophical cliques that cared little for philosophy originating in America... This volume represents an essential narrative to a broader account of late twentieth-century philosophy in America." -- -John R. Shook University at Buffalo