Deweyan Experimentalism and the Problem of Method in Political Philosophy

Name: Deweyan Experimentalism and the Problem of Method in Political Philosophy
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

This book proposes a pragmatist methodological framework for generating practically relevant political philosophy. It draws on John Dewey\u2019s social and political philosophy to develop an \""experimentalist\"" method, thus charting a middle course between idealism and realism in political philosophy. Deweyan experimentalism promises to balance civic deliberation, empirical facts, and moral considerations by reconstructing Dewey\u2019s pragmatist conceptions of 'philosophy\u2019 and 'democracy\u2019 from the perspective of social action. While some authors have taken the steps to articulate Dewey\u2019s experimentalism, they have focused on institutional rather than methodological implications. This book is original in the ways in which it situates the role of ideas in political practice and contemporary political problems. Additionally, it underlines the similarities between today and the historical context in which Dewey wrote, connects Dewey\u2019s social and political philosophy .