A student's guide to the historical context, key thinkers and central themes of pragmatism, a concept central to American philosophy.

A clear and thorough account of Peirce's life and thought, his major works and ideas, providing an ideal guide to this important and complex thinker.

This unique introduction fully engages and clearly explains pragmatism, an approach to knowledge and philosophy that rejects outmoded conceptions of objectivity

Pragmatism is America's most distinctive philosophy. Generally it has been understood as a development of European thought in response to the "American wilderne

"We all like to think we value and abide by it - but what is the truth? In a world with so many contradictory beliefs, habits and religions, does any such thing