Native Pragmatism: Rethinking the Roots of American Philosophy

Pragmatism is America's most distinctive philosophy. Generally it has
been understood as a development of European thought in response to the
"American wilderness." A closer examination, however, reveals that the
roots and central commitments of pragmatism are indigenous to North America. Native
Pragmatism recovers this history and thus provides the means to re-conceive the
scope and potential of American philosophy. Pragmatism has been at best only
partially understood by those who focus o...