Overview
- Presents a form of humanism that poses a viable alternative to humanism defined in opposition to theism and religion
- Suggests how to address the existential challenges we face today
- Highlights a fundamentally humanist strand of pragmatism
Part of the book series: Studies in Humanism and Atheism (SHA)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
How can we feel at home in this world without clinging to false certainties? This book offers a humanist re-reading of philosophical pragmatism and explores its potentials for a worldview that relies only on human resources. Thinking along with authors like William James and F.C.S. Schiller, it highlights a fundamentally humanist strand of pragmatism aimed at fostering human creativity and transformative action. It is grounded in everyday experience and underlines our responsibility to strive for the better. Ana Honnacker traces perspectives on science, religion, and ethics in the light of a pragmatic understanding of humanism. Furthermore, she suggests how to address the existential challenges we face today. Thus, pragmatic humanism is explored not only as a philosophy for critical minds, but also as a way of life.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Ana Honnacker is Assistant Professor at the Hanover Institute for Philosophical Research, Germany.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Pragmatic Humanism Revisited
Book Subtitle: An Essay on Making the World a Home
Authors: Ana Honnacker
Series Title: Studies in Humanism and Atheism
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02441-3
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-02440-6Published: 01 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-02441-3Published: 19 November 2018
Series ISSN: 2634-6656
Series E-ISSN: 2634-6664
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 106
Topics: Pragmatism, Secularism, Ethics