David L. Hildebrand teaches philosophy at the University of Colorado at Denver.
"Beyond Realism and Antirealism packs a double punch. Mobilizing a
meticulous study of early twentieth-century classical pragmatism,
Hildebrand engages the key neopragmatic positions of Richard Rorty
and Hilary Putnam. Then, driving his own thesis home, he offers
what he terms Dewey's 'practical stance' as a corrective to the
limitations of the linguistic turn."
--Larry Hickman, Director, The Center for Dewey Studies, Southern
Illinois University at Carbondale
"David Hildebrand's attempt to restate Dewey's central message is
intelligent, well-informed, and well-argued, as are his polemics
against what he takes to be Putnam's and my own misunderstandings
of Dewey."
--Richard Rorty, Stanford University
"It is indeed ingratiating to discover a scholar who is not only
aware of, but champions, the vital Deweyan conceptions of having
vs. knowing, primary experience, and the centrality of
inquiry."
--Frank X. Ryan, Kent State University
"Pragmatism was 'revived' in the 1970s and 1980s and was led at
once into philosophical dead ends that John Dewey had already
skillfully dismantled. Now, David Hildebrand corrects the record;
provides an informed, splendidly argued, indispensable part of the
recovery of Dewey's analysis of realism--still hardly bettered by
anyone today."
--Joseph Margolis, Temple University
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