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Pragmatic Humanism Revisited

An Essay on Making the World a Home

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Authors:
  1. Ana Honnacker

    1. Research Institute for Philosophy Hannover, Hannover, Germany

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  • Presents a form of humanism that poses a viable alternative to humanism defined in opposition to theism and religion
  • Suggests how to address the existential challenges we face today
  • Highlights a fundamentally humanist strand of pragmatism

Part of the book series: Studies in Humanism and Atheism (SHA)

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How can we feel at home in this world without clinging to false certainties? This book offers a humanist re-reading of philosophical pragmatism and explores its potentials for a worldview that relies only on human resources. Thinking along with authors like William James and F.C.S. Schiller, it highlights a fundamentally humanist strand of pragmatism aimed at fostering human creativity and transformative action. It is grounded in everyday experience and underlines our responsibility to strive for the better. Ana Honnacker traces perspectives on science, religion, and ethics in the light of a pragmatic understanding of humanism. Furthermore, she suggests how to address the existential challenges we face today. Thus, pragmatic humanism is explored not only as a philosophy for critical minds, but also as a way of life.


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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

    • Ana Honnacker
    Pages 1-6

  3. Approaching Pragmatic Humanism

    • Ana Honnacker
    Pages 7-17

  4. Human Inquiry and the Authority of Science

    • Ana Honnacker
    Pages 19-35

  5. Emancipatory Outlooks on Religion and Faith

    • Ana Honnacker
    Pages 37-58

  6. Experimental Action and Inclusion: The Ethics of Pragmatic Humanism

    • Ana Honnacker
    Pages 59-78

  7. Thinking About Last Things: Death, Finitude, and Meaning

    • Ana Honnacker
    Pages 79-96

  8. Conclusion: Living on Uncertainties—Pragmatic Humanism as a Way of Life

    • Ana Honnacker
    Pages 97-101

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 103-106
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Research Institute for Philosophy Hannover, Hannover, Germany

    Ana Honnacker

About the author

Ana Honnacker is Assistant Professor at the Hanover Institute for Philosophical Research, Germany.


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Pragmatic Humanism Revisited

  • Book Subtitle: An Essay on Making the World a Home

  • Authors: Ana Honnacker

  • Series Title: Studies in Humanism and Atheism

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02441-3

  • Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham

  • eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-02440-6Published: 01 December 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-02441-3Published: 19 November 2018

  • Series ISSN: 2634-6656

  • Series E-ISSN: 2634-6664

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 106

  • Topics: Pragmatism, Secularism, Ethics

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