John Dewey is a Tool: Lessons from Rorty and Brandom on the History of Pragmatism

摘要: Richard Rorty’s writings have long frustrated scholars of classical American philosophy. Robert Brandom’s recent engagements with the history pragmatism been met similar disdain. This essay draws on Larry A. Hickman’s theory technology and tool-use to find a productive framework for thinking through these interpretations. Foregrounding purposes that guide their readings, we may value where many readers seen only ignorance. strategy does not embrace interpretive relativism, nor it preclude all scholarly criticism, but instead promises living engaged approach working