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Pragmatism as a Way of Life: The Lasting Legacy of William James and John Dewey by Hilary Putnam and Ruth Anna Putnam (review)

Pragmatism as a Way of Life: The Lasting Legacy of William James and John Dewey by Hilary Putnam... 96 American Journal of Theology and Philosophy is Dewey’s concept of “warranted assertibility” (63). There is the question of who underwrites the assertibility. Further, in moral inquiry we aspire to truth, not warranted assertibility. The moral philosophers examined in this book include such recent figures as Elizabeth Anderson, David Beckhurst, Robert Brandom, Jonathan Dancy, Mark Lance and Margaret Little, Cheryl Misak, Murray G. Murphey, Huw Price, and David Wiggins. The book closes with a short chapter on the practi- cal relevance of metaethics. Technology has increased our ability to do good, but metaethical issues often create a moral paralysis. My chief concern is this: Are there not some moral occasions where the principle of bivalence will not apply to the result of inquiry? Are there not some medical decisions, for example, for which the best choice cannot be put into a truth-apt proposition? This is an important book both for its technical discussions and for its practical relevance in a time when the very concept of “truth” seems to have disappeared. Pragmatism as a Way of Life: The Lasting Legacy of William James and John Dewey. Hilary Putnam and Ruth Anna Putnam. Ed. David Macarthur. Cam- bridge, MA: Belknap http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Journal of Theology & Philosophy University of Illinois Press

Pragmatism as a Way of Life: The Lasting Legacy of William James and John Dewey by Hilary Putnam and Ruth Anna Putnam (review)

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96 American Journal of Theology and Philosophy is Dewey’s concept of “warranted assertibility” (63). There is the question of who underwrites the assertibility. Further, in moral inquiry we aspire to truth, not warranted assertibility. The moral philosophers examined in this book include such recent figures as Elizabeth Anderson, David Beckhurst, Robert Brandom, Jonathan Dancy, Mark Lance and Margaret Little, Cheryl Misak, Murray G. Murphey, Huw Price, and David Wiggins. The book closes with a short chapter on the practi- cal relevance of metaethics. Technology has increased our ability to do good, but metaethical issues often create a moral paralysis. My chief concern is this: Are there not some moral occasions where the principle of bivalence will not apply to the result of inquiry? Are there not some medical decisions, for example, for which the best choice cannot be put into a truth-apt proposition? This is an important book both for its technical discussions and for its practical relevance in a time when the very concept of “truth” seems to have disappeared. Pragmatism as a Way of Life: The Lasting Legacy of William James and John Dewey. Hilary Putnam and Ruth Anna Putnam. Ed. David Macarthur. Cam- bridge, MA: Belknap

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Published: Aug 5, 2020

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