Download or read book New Pragmatists written by Cheryl Misak and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2007-03-08 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pragmatism is the view that our philosophical concepts must be connected to our practices - philosophy must stay connected to first-order inquiry, to real examples, to real-life expertise. Contemporary philosophers explore this and develop the pragmatist project, showing that pragmatism is a strong current in philosophy today.