Four Pragmatists: Critical Introduction to Peirce, James, Mead and Dewey (International Library of Philosophy) by Israel Scheffler pdf epub fb2

First published in 1974, this book is a critical introduction to the work of four quintessential pragmatist philosophers: Charles Sanders Peirce, William James, George Herbert Mead and John Dewey.

Alongside providing a general historical and biographical account of the pragmatist movement, the work offers an in depthcritical response to the philosophicaldoctrines of the four main thinkers of the pragmatist movement, with reference to thetheories of meaning, knowledge and conduct which have come to define pragmatism.