The Power of Pragmatism: Knowledge Production and Social Inquiry - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Jane Wills, Robert LakeSeries:Manchester University PressPublish date:2/14/2023Pages:304
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Manchester University PressISBN-13:9781526167194ISBN-10:1526167190UPC:9781526167194Book Category:Social Science, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Human Geography, Epistemology, MovementsBook Topic:PragmatismSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.63 inchesWeight:0.427Product ID:SC57HJH3P6
This book makes the case for a pragmatist approach to the practice of social inquiry and knowledge production. Through diverse examples from multiple disciplines, contributors explore the power of pragmatism to inform a practice of inquiry that is democratic, community-centred, problem-oriented and experimental. Drawing from both classical and neo-pragmatist perspectives, the book advances a pragmatist sensibility in which truth and knowledge are contingent rather than universal, made rather than found, provisional rather than dogmatic, subject to continuous experimentation rather than ultimate proof, and verified in their application in action rather than in the accuracy of their representation of an antecedent reality. The Power of Pragmatism offers a path forward for mobilizing the practice of inquiry and knowledge production on behalf of achieving what Dewey called a sense for the better kind of life to be led.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Manchester University PressISBN-13:9781526167194ISBN-10:1526167190UPC:9781526167194Book Category:Social Science, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Human Geography, Epistemology, MovementsBook Topic:PragmatismSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.63 inchesWeight:0.427Product ID:SC57HJH3P6
Jane Wills is Professor of Geography at the Centre for Geography and Environmental Science and the Environment and Sustainability Institute at the University of Exeter
Robert W. Lake is Professor in the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy and a member of the Graduate Faculties in Geography and Urban Planning at Rutgers UniversityPublisher: Manchester University Press
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