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549Review of C. Koopman, Pragmatism as Transition. Historicity and Hope in James, Dewey, and Rorty (review)European Journal of Pragmatism and American Philosophy 1 (1). 2009.Koopman’s book revolves around the notion of transition, which he proposes is one of the central ideas of the pragmatist tradition but one which had not previously been fully articulated yet nevertheless shapes the pragmatist attitude in philosophy. Transition, according to Koopman, denotes “those temporal structures and historical shapes in virtue of which we get from here to there”. One of the consequences of transitionalism is the understanding of critique and inquiry as historical pro...
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45A Pragmatist Critique of Liberal Epistemology: Towards a Practice-Based Account of Public ReasonCritical Horizons 12 (3). 2011.This paper tackles with the issue of the place of comprehensive beliefs within the public space. It tries to strike a middle path between the liberal ban on comprehensive beliefs and the anti-liberal claim that comprehensive beliefs should be given full pride of place in public deliberations. The article relies on arguments that are inspired by the pragmatist tradition. It starts locating the main cause of failures at articulating comprehensive beliefs and public reason in a central feature of l…Read more
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1555Pragmatism and the Social Sciences: A Century of Influences and InteractionsEuropean Journal of Pragmatism and American Philosophy 3 (2): 1-6. 2011.Richard Bernstein is among the pragmatist philosophers that have most significantly contributed to the advancement of a philosophical conversation between the American and the European traditions. His work has greatly helped the task of dismantling the boundaries that in the last decades had been erected between philosophical traditions. It is therefore with the greatest pleasure that The European Journal of Pragmatism and American Philosophy inaugurates his series of monographs with Bernstei...
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30The Normative Creature: Toward a Practice-Based Account of NormativitySocial Theory and Practice 40 (1): 1-27. 2014.In this paper I offer a first account of a practice-based conception of normativity for the political domain. This standpoint is used to relocate the most sophisticated normative practices of justification and critique within an experience-based framework, that of the human being as a “normative creature.” I begin by discussing the two major paradigms in political theory, showing that their neglect of this broad framework of normativity is a serious drawback. I then proceed to articulate the cen…Read more
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6Colin Koopman, Pragmatism as transition. Historicity and Hope in James, Dewey, and Rorty (review)European Journal of Pragmatism and American Philosophy 1 (1): 135-141. 2009.Koopman’s book revolves around the notion of transition, which he proposes is one of the central ideas of the pragmatist tradition but one which had not previously been fully articulated yet nevertheless shapes the pragmatist attitude in philosophy. Transition, according to Koopman, denotes “those temporal structures and historical shapes in virtue of which we get from here to there” (2). One of the consequences of transitionalism is the understanding of critique and inquiry as historical pro...
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I Limiti Della Ragione Pubblica: una risposta pragmatista al problema del relativismoDiscipline Filosofiche 17 (2). 2007.
University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
Department for Teaching and Research in Philosophy (UFR10)
PhD, 2004
Areas of Specialization
Social and Political Philosophy |
20th Century Philosophy |
Areas of Interest
Philosophy of Action |
Social and Political Philosophy |