Pragmatism: A Reader

Pragmatism is considered by some to be America's only major contribution to philosophy (what about Transcendentalism?). Here, its major texts, from William James and John Dewey to Richard Rorty and Cornel West are brought together and reprinted in this comrepehensive volume. From the first generation of pragmatists, including the Supreme C urt Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes and the founder of semiotics, Charles Sanders Peice, to the leading figures in thecontemporary pragmatist revival, including the philosopher Hilary Putnam, the jurist Richard Posner, and the literary critic Richard Poirier, all the contributors are remarkable for their wit, vigor, and clarity of ideas.