Never in our country’s 243 year history have parts of the United States government been shut down for such an extended period of time. Sure, federal agencies have closed for business before—on 21 ...

The revival of philosophical pragmatism has generated a wealth of intramural debates between neopragmatists like Richard Rorty and contemporary scholars devoted to explicating the classical pragmatism ...

We share concerns with so many of our fellow Americans about the state of our democracy. More and more citizens view people with different political views more as enemies than people with whom we ...

Thinking more on pragmatism, it occurs to me that the thing that a lot of people mean when they say they are non-ideological, or when they are classified, like so many undecided voters, as ...

Whether one admires or opposes Trump’s style, his presidency reflects a consistent theme in American history: the belief that ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The pragmatist use of common sense philosophy has not only been a source for first-order philosophical work but also for metaphilosophical ...

William James, Pragmatism, and American Culture focuses on the work of William James and the relationship between the development of pragmatism and its historical, cultural, and political roots in ...

Maybe pragmatism isn't enough after all. President Obama regularly speaks disdainfully of "ideology," says he is focused only on "what works," and loves to be described as "pragmatic." Well, sure. No ...

Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Fredrik Logevall says foreign policy realists who are critics of President Obama should take heart. According to Logevall, Obama exercises a flexible “principled ...

With the 2024 primaries and caucuses underway, political campaigns and pressure are intensifying, demonstrating how divided – and entrenched – our country is. Government is becoming far too ...