Università Roma Tre

Pragmatism and Darwinism

The aim of the workshop is to reflect on the relationship between the genesis of Pragmatism and the philosophical reception of Darwinism in the United States. In particular, starting from the analysis of some key texts, we will try to highlight the elements of continuity and discontinuity between the various aspects of the Darwinian theory and their reception and development in pragmatist authors.

- Calcaterra, R. (2017). “William James’s Naturalism Within the Common Project of Pragmatist Philosophy”, in Pragmatism. Some New Ways of Thinking for an Old Name, Fabbrichesi, R., Brioschi, M.R. (eds.), special issue, Rivista di Storia della Filosofia, 3/2017, pp. 475-492.
- Dewey, J. (1909). “The Influence of Darwinism in Philosophy” in The Middle Works, vol. 4, edited by J. A. Boydston, Carbondale, IL, Southern Illinois University Press (in fotocopia)
- Dewey J., (1971 [1894b]), “The Theory of Emotion” in John Dewey: The Early Works, vol. 4, edited by J. A. Boydston, Carbondale, IL, Southern Illinois University Press (in fotocopia)
- Fabbrichesi, R. (2011). “Effects of Truth: The Darwinian Revolution and Its Impact on Pragmatism”, in Pragmatist Epistemologies, ed. by R. Frega and R. Brigati, Lanham: Lexington.
- Franzese, S. (2009). Darwinismo e Pragmatismo e altri studi su William James, Milano – Udine: Mimesis Edizioni. (parti scelte)
- James, W. (1884). "What is an Emotion?", Mind, Vol. 9, No. 34 (Apr., 1884), pp. 188-205.
- James, W. (2016). L’importanza degli individui, a cura di R. Del Castillo, Diabasis.
- Maddalena, G. (2017). “Scientific and not Scientistic: the Rich Realism of Pragmatism”, Pragmatism. Some New Ways of Thinking for an Old Names, Fabbrichesi, R., Brioschi, M.R. (eds.), special issue, Rivista di Storia della Filosofia, 3/2017: 401-414.
- Mead, G. H. (1909?), “On the Influence of Darwin's Origin of Species”. (https://brocku.ca/MeadProject/Mead/Unpublished/Meadu06.html).
- Menand, L. (2002). Il circolo metafisico. La nascita del pragmatismo americano, Sansoni 2004. (parti scelte)
- Parravicini, A. (2012). Il pensiero in evoluzione. Chauncey Wright tra darwinismo e pragmatismo, Pisa: ETS. (parti scelte)
- Pearce, T. (2016), "Naturalism and Despair: George Herbert Mead and Evolution in the 1880s", in The Timeliness of George Herbert Mead, ed. by H. Joas and D.R. Huebner, Chicago University Press, Chicago, pp. 117-143.
- Sini, C. (2013) “Darwin e la psicozoologia”, in Incontri. Vie dell’errore, vie della verità, Milano, Jaca Book.
- Volpone, A. (2011). “Splendori e miserie della più grande opera di Darwin”, introduzione a C. Darwin, La variazione degli animali e delle piante allo stato domestico, a cura di ID., Einaudi, Torino 2011, pp. XV-XCIII.
- Wiener, P.P. (1949). Evolution and the Founders of Pragmatism, Cambridge: Harvard University Press.