Pragmatism and Existential Philosophy

Authors

  • Hans Lipps
  • Jason Hills Southern Illinois University - Carbondale

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5195/jffp.2010.174

Keywords:

Hans Lipps, John Dewey, Martin Heidegger, pragmatism, existentialism

Abstract

Hans Lipps compares pragmatism (William James and John Dewey) existentialism (Friedrich Nietzsche, Soren Kierkegaard, and Martin Heidegger) in this 1936 article translated from French.  He claims that they aim at the same goals, e.g., a return to lived experience and a rejection of the Cartesian legacy in philosophy.  While summarizing the commonalities of each, he engages in a polemic against philosophy then that remains relevant now into the next century.

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2010-01-26

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