Keywords
action
democracy
knowledge
hope
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Abstract
Since Peirce introduced the term “pragmatism” to the scene of philosophy in 1877 and 1878, this notion has received several nuances. James and Dewey strongly compromised it with the problem of action, and impelled its development into an ethic and democratic perspective that, in the last years, had echo in Richard Rorty’s thought. This article aims to explore the role of ethics and democracy in the so called classic pragmatism and the relationship between knowledge and morality, taking this last one from Nietzsche's thought. It is intended to show how classic pragmatism turns from epistemology to ethics and replaces knowledge with hope; a hope in the possibility of creating a better future.This journal is registered under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License. Thus, this work may be reproduced, distributed, and publicly shared in digital format, as long as the names of the authors and Pontificia Universidad Javeriana are acknowledged. Others are allowed to quote, adapt, transform, auto-archive, republish, and create based on this material, for any purpose (even commercial ones), provided the authorship is duly acknowledged, a link to the original work is provided, and it is specified if changes have been made. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana does not hold the rights of published works and the authors are solely responsible for the contents of their works; they keep the moral, intellectual, privacy, and publicity rights.
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