Roberto Mangabeira Unger
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Roberto Mangabeira Unger is a Brazilian philosopher and politician. His work is in the tradition of Western philosophy and classical social theory, and is developed across fields in legal theory, phil
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Lecturing in Hauser Hall, Harvard Law School
Roberto Mangabeira Unger speaking in Brazil in 2007 as the Minister of Strategic Affairs
Minister Unger speaking to President Lula in 2007.
Pragmatism
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Pragmatism is a philosophical tradition that views language and thought as tools for prediction, problem solving, and action, rather than describing, representing, or mirroring reality. Pragmatists co
Roberto Mangabeira Unger
…University of Rio de Janeiro (BA) Harvard University (LLM, SJD) Philosophical work Era 20th-/21st-century philosophy Region Western philosophy School Radical pragmatism Institutions Harvard University Main interests Social theory · Legal theory · Economics · Political philosophy · Natural philosophy Notable ideas False…
Charles Peirce, an American polymath, first identified pragmatism.
Hilary Putnam said that the combination of antiskepticism and fallibilism is a central feature of pragmatism.
The "Chicago Club" including Mead, Dewey, Angell, and Moore. Pragmatism is sometimes called American pragmatism because so many of its proponents were and are Americans.
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