set of studies of various ideas and theories that play a key role in traditional pragmatism and are important for the idealistic pragmatism Nicholas Rescher long was engaged in developing.
Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter One: PRAGMATISM AND PRACTICAL RATIONALITY -- Chapter Two: KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUTH IN PRAGMATIC PERSPECTIVE -- Chapter Three: PRAGMATISM IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY -- Chapter Four: PRAGMATISM AT THE CROSSROADS -- Chapter Five: IMMEDIATE EXPERIENCE AND ONTOLOGY: A PRAGMATIC PERSPECTIVE ON PHILOSOPHICAL REALISM -- Chapter Six: PRAGMATIC REALISM: A PRACTICALISTIC PERSPECTIVE ON PHILOSOPHICAL REALISM -- Chapter Seven: PRAGMATIC IDEALISM AND METAPHYSICAL REALISM -- Chapter Eight: COUNTERFACTUALS IN PRAGMATIC PERSPECTIVE -- Name Index -- Backmatter