Hilary Putnam and the Nostalgia of Pragmatism

Authors

  • Ángel Faerna Universidad de Castilla la Mancha

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26754/ojs_arif/a.rif.201812917

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to offer a brief survey of the relationship between Hilary

Putnam and pragmatism. In the first and second sections I comment on Putnam’s

philosophical shift from “orthodox” analytic philosophy to “neopragmatism”, and take

a look at his controversy with Richard Rorty concerning the meaning of pragmatism.

The third section points at Putnam’s and Rorty’s rejection of the Peircean definition of

truth as a key issue to account for the differences between neopragmatist philosophers

and classic pragmatists (including Dewey). The final section draws some conclusions

from the previous discussion concerning the “narrative” of contemporary pragmatism.

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Published

2018-07-12

How to Cite

Faerna, Ángel. (2018). Hilary Putnam and the Nostalgia of Pragmatism. Analysis. Journal of Philosophical Research, 5(1), 73–90. https://doi.org/10.26754/ojs_arif/a.rif.201812917