History 247 - The Metaphysical Club:American Pragmatism in Theory and Practice

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Haverford College

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SO P.Jefferson American Pragmatism in Theory and Practice. This course will reconstruct the late nineteenth through mid-twentieth century development of what was celebrated and criticized as a characteristically American approach to philosophy. Beginning with the writings of Charles S. Peirce, William James, and Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., members of the so-called Metaphysical Club, we will trace the theorizing of eupraxia [good practice, articulating empirical and normative concerns] in religion, philosophy, science, and politics by sampling the synoptic work of John Dewey, a "godfather" of modern liberalism. After surveying the intellectual landscape of the mid-late twentieth-century, we will conclude by sampling the work of philosophers Richard Bernstein, Hilary Putnam, and Richard Rorty, contemporary neo-pragmatists. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or consent.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.haverford.edu

Phone Number:

(610) 896-1000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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