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Makers of America: Class discussion and exercises

Makers Of America: The Early Pragmatists
Chapter 25: America Moves to the City, 1865 - 1900


Questions for Class Discussion
  1. Assess the validity of the following quote, pragmatism offers . . . a philosophy of life built on experimentation, ethical commitment, and open-ended democratic debate.

  2. Why is pragmatism considered the quintessential American philosophy? Do you agree with that assessment, why or why not?

  3. Historically speaking what was so appealing about pragmatism and what was so repugnant about pragmatism? Does this philosophical world view have any thing to offer 21st century Americans?


Suggested Student Exercise
  • Have students read Louis Medands The Metaphysical Club, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001.



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