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(2014) Neuroscience, neurophilosophy and pragmatism, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.
Classical pragmatism understood that human action is replete with m eaning and purpose; problem solving is continuous with adaptation; philosophy is continuous with, but not reduced to, science, but s elf-corrective inquiry is at the heart of the naturalizing self-correction and problem solving.1 An appreciation of nature, in addition to human meaning bound with human community, scientific and otherwise, reveals the importance of classical pragmatism. In addition, an understanding of common sense "critical realism"2 is key to classical pragmatism, meaning abstractions are not considered more real than the objects encountered, and staying anchored to objects was of great importance.
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Schulkin, J. (2014)., Pragmatism, cognitive capacity and brain function, in T. Solymosi & J. Shook (eds.), Neuroscience, neurophilosophy and pragmatism, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 71-102.
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