In Our Time: Philosophy cover image

Pragmatism

In Our Time: Philosophy

00:00

Pragmatism and the American Philosophy

Pagmetism is a philosophy without deep foundations, in the sense that america is a country without those deep foundations. In europe there is much more and still a preoccupation with what the ultimate foundations of philosophy and knowledge are. Tan we develop that a little anend gratly, because, as i read it, a philosopher in this country were rather sniffy about pragmatism. And do wonder whether it's connected with ther whole national mythology, which is that we built this country, and we can build a philosophy too.

Transcript
Play full episode

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app