Pragmatism at Cambridge, England before 1900

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ID21597779
AuthorsLukas M Verburgt (0000-0002-6007-1324, Freudenthal Institute, History and Philosophy of Science, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume29
Issue1
Pages84-105
Publication date2021-01-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBritish Journal for the History of Philosophy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0960-8788 • E-ISSN: 1469-3526
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09608788.2020.1766413
OpenAlexW3034625030
LanguageEN
References cited30

This paper responds to the new story about the history of pragmatism and early analytic philosophy presented in Cheryl Misak's Cambridge Pragmatism. One of the new story's key claims is that pragmatism was a home-grown American philosophy that entered the intellectual scene of 1920s England as an imported good. Taking up the long-neglected case of the English logician John Venn, the paper shows that pragmatism, as defined by Misak, existed in Cambridge, England several decades before the turn of the century. It concludes with the view that a more complex and richer perspective on the twin histories of pragmatism and early analytic philosophy, on both sides of the Atlantic, is needed

Epistemology · New england · Political science · Pragmatism · Sociology · Venn diagram · Computer Science · Historical Linguistics and Language Studies · Law · Philosophy · Philosophy, Science, and History · Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education · Psychology

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