Article ID: CBB708124579

Wittgenstein and the Genesis of Neo-Pragmatism in American Thought (2016)

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While commentators have noted that the revival of pragmatism in recent decades can be understood in the context of a larger turn towards anti-foundational thought, they have largely ignored the important and complicated role that Ludwig Wittgenstein's ideas about foundationalism played in that revival. By tracing Wittgenstein's influence on the philosophers Stanley Cavell and Thomas Kuhn, the author first suggests that the revival of neo-pragmatism is better understood in the context of mid-century analytic philosophy they inherited, as well as Wittgenstein's unique contribution and challenge to that tradition. Next, by showing how the Wittgensteinian ideas of Cavell and Kuhn played an important role in the decades-long debate between Richard Rorty and Hilary Putnam, arguably the most important catalyst of neo-pragmatist thought, the author shows that Wittgenstein's reframing of Kantian epistemology places the emergence of neo-pragmatism in a larger context of Enlightenment thought in the United States, rather than making it an easy ally of anti-foundational post-structuralism.

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Authors & Contributors
Antonio Lizzadri
Loner, David
Zellini, Susanna
Atencia Conde-Pumpido, Paula
Ryan White
Llored, Jean-Pierre
Concepts
Philosophy
Philosophy of science
Pragmatism; instrumentalism
Epistemology
Logic
Structuralism
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
20th century, early
21st century
Places
United States
Americas
Italy
Germany
Europe
Berlin (Germany)
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