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Zimmermannova kritika pragmatizma
Zimmermann’s Critique of Pragmatism

Author(s): Dario Škarica
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Hrvatsko Filozofsko Društvo
Keywords: Croatian neo-scholastic philosophy; Stjepan Zimmermann; William James; the point of William James’ pragmatic conception of truth

Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with the reception of James’ Pragmatism in the work of a Croatian neo-scholastic philosopher, Stjepan Zimmermann (1884-1963). The author’s main thesis is that Zimmermann does not offer an immanent critique of James’ pragmatism, chiefly for the following two reasons: first, his critique is imbued with his misunderstanding of what James means by ‘practical’, and second, Zimmermann misses the point of James’ pragmatic conception of truth.

  • Issue Year: 24/2004
  • Issue No: 02
  • Page Range: 227-251
  • Page Count: 26
  • Language: Croatian