Document Type : Original Article

Author

Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Imam Khomeini International University, Iran

Abstract

In the classification of contemporary philosophy into analytic and continental philosophies, pragmatism has a middle place, while its affinity to the former is more than its affinity to the latter. In the first part of the 20th century, the relationship between analytic philosophy and pragmatism can be seen in the impact of the founders of pragmatism (notably William James) on analytic philosophers such as Wittgenstein. Some similarities can be found between James’ words and Wittgenstein’s theory of family resemblance. In the second part of 20th century, the connection between the two schools has increased and thanks to this, some of the great analytic philosophers such as Quine, Kripke, Putnam, Rorty and Sellars are all pragmatists; thus the concept of analytic pragmatism has been introduced. This article will first discuss the relationship between the ideas of James and Wittgenstein, and then will assess the ideas of Rorty and Sellars to have an overview of the relationship between the two schools in the second part of the 20th century.

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