John W. Woell is Associate Provost at Albion College, USA.

In this important book, Woell carefully demonstrates whyinterpreting Peirce and James against the background supplied by contemporarydebates about realism is a serious mistake. Preoccupation with those debates isblocking the road to inquiry concerning the real nature and significance ofpragmatism. His painstaking analysis early in the book is designed to removethat obstacle, enabling him, in succeeding chapters, to offer a remarkablyfresh reading of these two thinkers. This book demands the attention of anyscholar who is interested in understanding pragmatism on its own terms, or indeveloping the prospects for a philosophy of religion articulated in a genuinelypragmatic idiom.

• Acknowledgments\ Introduction \ 1. Realisms, Antirealisms, Nonrealisms, and Pragmatisms \ 2. Doubt, Skepticism, and Method \ 3. Thoughts, Things and Theories \ 4. Inquiry, Metaphysics, and Rationality \ Conclusion \ Notes \ Bibliography \ Index

John W. Woell is Associate Provost at Albion College, USA.

In this important book, Woell carefully demonstrates whyinterpreting Peirce and James against the background supplied by contemporarydebates about realism is a serious mistake. Preoccupation with those debates isblocking the road to inquiry concerning the real nature and significance ofpragmatism. His painstaking analysis early in the book is designed to removethat obstacle, enabling him, in succeeding chapters, to offer a remarkablyfresh reading of these two thinkers. This book demands the attention of anyscholar who is interested in understanding pragmatism on its own terms, or indeveloping the prospects for a philosophy of religion articulated in a genuinelypragmatic idiom.

• Acknowledgments\ Introduction \ 1. Realisms, Antirealisms, Nonrealisms, and Pragmatisms \ 2. Doubt, Skepticism, and Method \ 3. Thoughts, Things and Theories \ 4. Inquiry, Metaphysics, and Rationality \ Conclusion \ Notes \ Bibliography \ Index

John W. Woell is Associate Provost at Albion College, USA.

In this important book, Woell carefully demonstrates whyinterpreting Peirce and James against the background supplied by contemporarydebates about realism is a serious mistake. Preoccupation with those debates isblocking the road to inquiry concerning the real nature and significance ofpragmatism. His painstaking analysis early in the book is designed to removethat obstacle, enabling him, in succeeding chapters, to offer a remarkablyfresh reading of these two thinkers. This book demands the attention of anyscholar who is interested in understanding pragmatism on its own terms, or indeveloping the prospects for a philosophy of religion articulated in a genuinelypragmatic idiom.

• Acknowledgments\ Introduction \ 1. Realisms, Antirealisms, Nonrealisms, and Pragmatisms \ 2. Doubt, Skepticism, and Method \ 3. Thoughts, Things and Theories \ 4. Inquiry, Metaphysics, and Rationality \ Conclusion \ Notes \ Bibliography \ Index