Graduate Seminar on Pragmatism

Graduate Seminar on Pragmatism

Led by Brandon Van Dyck

This seminar will explore the most important philosophical tradition of American origin: pragmatism. We will discuss how our perceptions and language relate to objective reality, how ignorant we are of objective reality, and how we should reason and behave in light of our ignorance. We will refer to the ideas of and read selections from, William James, Charles Sanders Peirce, John Dewey, Richard Rorty, Hilary Putnam, and Donald Hoffman.

Reading prior to the seminar is not required. Dinner is provided, as are all reading materials.

All Princeton graduate students are warmly invited.