Open AccessFoucault and Pragmatism: Introductory Notes on Metaphilosophical Methodology
Author(s) -
Colin Koopman
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
foucault studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.124
H-Index - 23
ISSN - 1832-5203
DOI - 10.22439/fs.v0i11.3220
Subject(s) - pragmatism , theme (computing) , epistemology , michel foucault , sociology , set (abstract data type) , philosophy , computer science , political science , law , politics , programming language , operating system
Being an introduction to a special issue on the theme of “Foucault and Pragmatism” this article offers a brief set of metaphilosophical comments on the project of building bridges across familiar philosophical divides. The paper addresses questions in metaphilosophical methodology raised by the pairing in the issue title: What is at stake in the comparison of philosophical figures like Michel Foucault and John Dewey? What is at stake in the comparison of philosophical traditions such as Genealogy and Pragmatism? How can we most effectively develop comparative work across the entrenched divides, which such comparative work often labors to overcome?