The Pragmatic Turn

• A major new interpretation of the most important and influential of the American philosophical traditions, pragmatism.
• Bernstein shows that the themes that were central to the great pragmatic thinkers are also themes that are central to the work of many other contemporary philosophers, such as Heidegger and Wittgenstein: much contemporary philosophy is pragmatic in character, and our century is in many ways ‘the pragmatic century'.
• Offers a brilliant analysis of the work of leading philosophers who have been influenced by pragmatism, including Rorty, Putnam and Habermas.
• Bernstein is one of America's leading philosophers. He has an unrivalled grasp of contemporary philosophy and he writes with great clarity.