Neopragmatism
Neopragmatism describes a philosophical tradition that supplements classical pragmatism with language-theoretical and sometimes also post-structuralist approaches.
The Blackwell Dictionary of Western Philosophy (2004) defines neopragmatism as a " postmodern version of pragmatism developed by the American philosopher Richard Rorty and influenced by authors such as John Dewey , Martin Heidegger , Wilfrid Sellars , Willard Van Orman Quine and Jacques Derrida ".
Proponents of neopragmatism typically reject conceptions of universal truth , epistemological foundations, and objectivity . In contrast, they advocate pluralistic world views, dialogic and democratic negotiation processes and the affirmation of contingency . What is decisive here is the abandonment of an objectivist view of society that regards social facts as necessary; instead, the different possibilities of social developments are emphasized.
In addition to Richard Rorty is the most prominent representatives also are post-analytical philosophers Hilary Putnam and Donald Davidson associated with the neo-pragmatism, and the idealism related Nicholas Rescher and Robert Brandom (a student Rorty), the discourse theorist Jürgen Habermas and the "prophetic pragmatist" Cornel West .