Neopragmatism Interventions in First-order Philosophy

Joshua Gert, Leslie and Naomi Legum Professor of Philosophy, William and Mary

Joshua Gert received his Ph.D. from UIC in 1998. He taught at the Johns Hopkins University, the University of Missouri-Columbia, Florida State University, and William & Mary. He has written on normative reasons and rationality, color and perception, and neopragmatism, among other topics. Together with Victoria Costa he was the co-editor of the journal Social Theory and Practice from 2005 to 2009. He is the recipient of a Howard Foundation grant (2011) and a fellowship from the NEH (2014-15). He primarily teaches courses in logic, ethics, and philosophy of language.

List of Contributors
Part 1. Introduction
1. What is Neopragmatism?, Joshua Gert
Part 2. Time, Causes, and Science
2. Time for Pragmatism, Huw Price
3. A Neopragmatist Approach to Modality, Amie L. Thomasson
4. Neopragmatism in the Philosophy of Perception? The Case of Primitive Colour, Mazviita Chirimuuta
5. A Neopragmatist Treatment of Causation and Laws of Nature, John T. Roberts
Part 3. Language, Truth, and Logic
6. A Pragmatic Genealogy of Rule-following, Philip Pettit
7. Neopragmatism and Reference Magnetism, Joshua Gert
8. Realism Rehabilitated, Claudine Verheggen and Robert H. Myers
9. What Is Linguistic Interpretation?, José Zalabardo
10. Neopragmatism and Logic: A Deflationary Proposal, Lionel Shapiro
Part 3. Value and Practice
11. Pragmatism in Practice, Simon Blackburn
12. Pragmatism and the Ontology of Art, Robert Kraut
13. The Subject Matter of "Subject Matter" and General Jurisprudence, Stefan Sciaraffa
14. Pragmatism and the Prudential Good, Diana Heney