The Aims of Knowledge: Emile Durkheim's Critique of American Pragmatism
| Autor: | Rick Tilman, Dennis Rusche |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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| Zdroj: | The European Legacy. 12:695-713 |
| ISSN: | 1470-1316 1084-8770 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/10848770701565049 |
| Popis: | The lectures on American pragmatism given by the French sociologist Emile Durkheim in 1913 in Paris were first published in French in 1955 and finally translated into English and published in 1983 as Pragmatism and Sociology. For obvious reasons they have attracted considerable attention from philosophers and sociologists, especially the latter, in both continental Europe and the English speaking world. Durkheim's motives in giving the lectures have been scrutinized, his interpretations of the pragmatists widely discussed and his criticisms of William James, John Dewey, and F. S. C. Schiller have met with mixed receptions. However, after years of scholarly discourse on his motives, interpretations and criticisms, there is no common agreement on the significance and meaning of Pragmatism and Sociology. We briefly address the disagreement over Durkheim's motives in the introductory section before turning to our interpretation in the body of the article. There we focus on his criticisms of the pragmatists’ v... |
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