false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180417605m/1037993.jpg 1037993 2 <I>The Pragmatic Mind</I> is a study of the pragmatism of Emerson, James, and Peirce and its overlooked relevance for the neopragmatism of thinkers like Richard Rorty, Stanley Cavell, Stanley Fish, and Cornel West. Arguing that the "original" pragmatists are too-often cited casually and imprecisely as mere precursors to this contemporary group of American intellectuals, Mark Bauerlein explores the explicit consequences of the earlier group&rsquo;s work for current debates among and around the neopragmatists. <BR>Bauerlein extracts from Emerson, James, and Peirce an intellectual focus that can be used to advance the broad social and academic reforms that the new pragmatists hail. He claims that, in an effort to repudiate the phony universalism of much contemporary theory, the new generation of theorists has ignored the fact that its visions of pragmatic action are grounded in this "old" school, not just in a way of <I>doing</I> things but also in a way of <I>thinking</I> about things. In other words, despite its inclination to regard psychological questions as irrelevant, Bauerlein shows that the pragmatic method demands a pragmatic mind—that is, a concept of cognition, judgment, habit, and belief. He shows that, in fact, such a concept of mind does exist, in the work of the "old" pragmatists. <BR> 1024349 12 1997 The Pragmatic Mind: Explorations in the Psychology of Belief (New Americanists) 0 0 2 0 1037993 0822320134 9780822320135 0 0 0.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180417605m/1037993.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1037993.The_Pragmatic_Mind_Explorations_in_the_Psychology_of_Belief 0 0 false Mon Dec 07 17:10:03 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 07 17:10:03 -0800 2009 1037993 0822320134 9780822320135 0 0 0.00 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180417605m/1037993.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1037993.The_Pragmatic_Mind_Explorations_in_the_Psychology_of_Belief 0 0 false Wed Mar 11 06:57:26 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 11 06:57:26 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1037993