Robert W. Lake
- Published in print:
- 2020
- Published Online:
- January 2021
- ISBN:
- 9781526134943
- eISBN:
- 9781526155481
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7765/9781526134950.00024
- Subject:
- Philosophy, Metaphysics/Epistemology
This chapter concludes the edited collection published as The power of pragmatism. It takes us back to the ‘quest for certainty’ in knowledge production with which we opened the volume. The chapter ...
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This chapter concludes the edited collection published as The power of pragmatism. It takes us back to the ‘quest for certainty’ in knowledge production with which we opened the volume. The chapter makes the case for adopting a pragmatic orientation to embrace uncertainty as both unavoidable and potentially productive. Recognising the seductive temptations of certainty that appear to provide order, progress, authority and respect, the chapter advocates the a priori acceptance of contingency as an antidote to dogmatism. This requires a sceptical orientation towards all statements of truth and a very different approach to knowledge production. The contributors to this volume advance and illustrate the power of pragmatism as a mode of knowledge production in the social sciences.Less
This chapter concludes the edited collection published as The power of pragmatism. It takes us back to the ‘quest for certainty’ in knowledge production with which we opened the volume. The chapter makes the case for adopting a pragmatic orientation to embrace uncertainty as both unavoidable and potentially productive. Recognising the seductive temptations of certainty that appear to provide order, progress, authority and respect, the chapter advocates the a priori acceptance of contingency as an antidote to dogmatism. This requires a sceptical orientation towards all statements of truth and a very different approach to knowledge production. The contributors to this volume advance and illustrate the power of pragmatism as a mode of knowledge production in the social sciences.
John Clarke, Wendy Brown, Allan Cochrane, Davina Cooper, Larry Grossberg, Wendy Larner, Gail Lewis, Tania Murray Li, Jeff Maskovsky, Janet Newman, Anu (Aradhana) Sharma, Paul Stubbs, and Fiona Williams
- Published in print:
- 2019
- Published Online:
- January 2020
- ISBN:
- 9781447350972
- eISBN:
- 9781447348641
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447350972.003.0011
- Subject:
- Sociology, Culture
The conversation opens with reflections on the process of thinking with others, including the place of ‘ancestral voices’. It considers the delicate balance between certainty and uncertainty in ...
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The conversation opens with reflections on the process of thinking with others, including the place of ‘ancestral voices’. It considers the delicate balance between certainty and uncertainty in critical thinking before turning to thinking with and through ‘race’. From there, the conversation explores some of the dimensions and dyna mics of crisis.Less
The conversation opens with reflections on the process of thinking with others, including the place of ‘ancestral voices’. It considers the delicate balance between certainty and uncertainty in critical thinking before turning to thinking with and through ‘race’. From there, the conversation explores some of the dimensions and dyna mics of crisis.
Larry R. Churchill
- Published in print:
- 2020
- Published Online:
- February 2020
- ISBN:
- 9780190080891
- eISBN:
- 9780190080907
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780190080891.003.0005
- Subject:
- Philosophy, Moral Philosophy
This chapter offers a set of prompts designed to probe our understanding and use of the skills described in chapters 2 and 3. These prompts are grouped under 8 headings: curiosity about the contours ...
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This chapter offers a set of prompts designed to probe our understanding and use of the skills described in chapters 2 and 3. These prompts are grouped under 8 headings: curiosity about the contours and adequacy of one’s own moral sensibilities; a broad empathy; conceptual agility to see moral questions from multiple perspectives; identifying emotional registers; sensitivity to suffering; moral certainty/uncertainty; moral authority; and happiness. Multiple prompts under each heading seek to get at the same capacity in a different way. Readers are encouraged to respond to these prompts orally first and then in writing. The exercises are designed for use in pairs or with three people, with each person taking a turn as responder to the prompt and then as a careful listener who voices a follow-up.Less
This chapter offers a set of prompts designed to probe our understanding and use of the skills described in chapters 2 and 3. These prompts are grouped under 8 headings: curiosity about the contours and adequacy of one’s own moral sensibilities; a broad empathy; conceptual agility to see moral questions from multiple perspectives; identifying emotional registers; sensitivity to suffering; moral certainty/uncertainty; moral authority; and happiness. Multiple prompts under each heading seek to get at the same capacity in a different way. Readers are encouraged to respond to these prompts orally first and then in writing. The exercises are designed for use in pairs or with three people, with each person taking a turn as responder to the prompt and then as a careful listener who voices a follow-up.
