Pragmatism and Realism

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In this collection of nine essays, Will demonstrates that a social account of human knowledge is consistent with, and ultimately requires, realism.

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Frederick L. Will's essay present a fresh approach that dissolves this dilemma in a way that is stimulating and liberating. -- James D. Wallace, University of Illinois, UrbanaChampaign
This testament is an indispensable aid to self-understanding for American philosophers of all persuasions. -- Jim Tiles, University of Hawai'i at Manoa
This is a stimulating, illuminating and rewarding work original, important, and profound . . . manifests both a superior mind and great integrity and might well prove to be a philosophical classic. -- Marcus George Singer, University of Wisconsin
I have no doubt at all, that if philosophy is to prosper in the coming decades, it will have to treat with great seriousness that splendid body of philosophical writing of which the essays in this volume constitute one major part. -- Alasdair MacIntyre, research professor of philosophy, University of Notre Dame

Author Bio

Frederick L. Will is professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign, and the author of Beyond Deduction and Induction and Justification.

Kenneth R. Westphal is associate professor at the University of Philosophy at the University of New Hampshire and the author of Hegel's Epistemological Realism.