Pragmatic Reason

Christopher Hookway has been influential in promoting engagement with pragmatist and naturalist perspectives from classical and contemporary American philosophy. This book reflects on Hookway's work and its significance for contemporary discussions of the understanding of mind, meaning, knowledge, and value.

Introduction Robert B. Talisse, Daniel Herbert and Paniel Reyes Cárdenas 1. Peirce and 'Community' Mara-Daria Cojocaru and Christopher Hookway 2. The Unity of Pragmatism: Hookway's Contribution to the Tradition Joshua Forstenzer 3. Hookway on Peirce on Truth Andrew Howat 4. Christopher Hookway's Study of Peirce's Development: Modes of Being Paniel Reyes Cárdenas 5. Hookway's Exchange with Apel: Peirce and Transcendental Arguments Daniel Herbert 6. Peirce on Vital Matters and the Scientific Method Gabriele Gava 7. Empiricism without Dogmas: Lewis and Ramsey on the A Priori Cheryl Misak 8. The Will to Believe, Epistemic Virtue, and Holistic Transcendental Pragmatism Sami Pihlström 9. Critical Commonsensism in Contemporary Metaphysics Graeme A. Forbes 10. The Affective Preconditions of Inquiry: Hookway on Doubt, Altruism, and Self-confidence Neil Williams 11. Is Creativity an Intellectual Virtue? Elizabeth F. Cooke 12. Peirce on Metaphysics and Common Sense Belief: A Challenge to Hookway's Account Joshua Wilson Black 13. Hookway's Soft Skepticism and Epistemic Conservatism: A Modest Skeptical Pragmatist Reply Scott Aikin 14. To Inquire Hopefully: Hookway, Peirce, and the Role of Hope in Rational Inquiry Robert Stern