{"product_id":"the-things-in-heaven-and-john-ryder-9780823244683","title":"The Things in Heaven and Earth: An Essay in Pragmatic Naturalism","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Things in Heaven and Earth\u003c\/i\u003e develops and applies the American philosophical naturalist tradition of the mid-20th century, specifically the work of three of the most prominent figures of what is called Columbia Naturalism: John Dewey, John Herman Randall Jr., and Justus Buchler. The book argues for the philosophical value and usefulness of this underappreciated tradition for a number of contemporary theoretical and practical issues, such as the modernist\/postmodernist divide and debates over philosophical constructivism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePragmatic naturalism offers a distinctive ontology of constitutive relations. Relying on Buchler's ordinal ontology and on the relationality implicit in Dewey's instrumentalism, the book gives a detailed account of this approach in chapters that deal with issues in systematic ontology, epistemology, constructivism and objectivity, philosophical theology, art, democratic theory, foreign policy, education, humanism, and cosmopolitanism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Ryder\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0823244687\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780823244683\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fordham University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/22\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"John Ryder","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086979870975,"sku":"9780823244683","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7867bb39-a0e1-4f8a-a261-0fc2e97a5abe.jpg?v=1769097610","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-things-in-heaven-and-john-ryder-9780823244683","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}