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This book explores the complexity of two philosophical traditions, extending from their origins to the current developments in neopragmatism. Chapters deal with the first encounters of these traditions and beyond, looking at metaphysics and the Vienna circle as well as semantics and the principle of tolerance. There is a general consensus that North-American (neo-)pragmatism and European Logical Empiricism were converging philosophical traditions, especially after the forced migration of the European Philosophers. But readers will discover a pluralist image of this relation and interaction with an obvious family resemblance. This work clarifies and specifies the common features and differences of these currents since the beginning of their mutual scientific communication in the 19th century. The book draws on collaboration between authors and philosophers from Vienna, Tübingen, and Helsinki, and their networks. It will appeal to philosophers, scholars in the history of philosophy, philosophers of science, pragmatists and beyond.

Philosophy. --- Modern philosophy. --- Philosophy and science. --- Pragmatism. --- Philosophy of Science. --- History of Philosophy. --- Modern Philosophy. --- Empiricism. --- Idealism --- Knowledge, Theory of --- Philosophy --- Philosophy, Modern --- Positivism --- Realism --- Utilitarianism --- Experience --- Reality --- Truth --- Rationalism --- Science --- Philosophy (General). --- Philosophy, modern. --- Modern philosophy --- Normal science --- Philosophy of science --- Mental philosophy --- Humanities --- Science and philosophy --- Philosophy, Modern. --- Early Modern Philosophy. --- History.

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The illumination of African philosophy offered in this volume leads to the illumination of philosophy in general. Illuminating arises as an essential task of philosophy, whether African or not. What is illuminated is not already there, but is constituted at the moment of illumination. This book invites the reader to participate in the illuminating work of philosophy and necessarily, thereby, to contribute to his or her own self-constituting self-illumination. Although the focus is on African philosophy, the book also bridges the gap between African philosophy and other branches. Today more than ever, a bridging philosophy is called for, and this book helps to meet that need. This book poses philosophical questions such as who is an African and what Africa is, and seeks philosophical answers. In doing so, it contributes to the ongoing discourse on African philosophy. It addresses such issues as the African grounding of philosophy, the difference between African and Black philosophy, the African body, African art as expressed in and by Chiwara, the plight of African trees as the plight of Africans, and the symbolic meaning of Robben Island.

Philosophy. --- Culture --- Modern philosophy. --- Phenomenology. --- Cultural studies. --- Modern Philosophy. --- Regional and Cultural Studies. --- Cultural Studies. --- Study and teaching. --- Philosophy, African --- History. --- African philosophy --- Philosophy, modern. --- Culture-Study and teaching. --- Phenomenology . --- Philosophy, Modern --- Modern philosophy --- Culture—Study and teaching. --- Philosophy, Modern. --- Ethnology. --- Culture. --- Early Modern Philosophy. --- Regional Cultural Studies. --- Cultural studies --- Cultural sociology --- Sociology of culture --- Civilization --- Popular culture --- Cultural anthropology --- Ethnography --- Races of man --- Social anthropology --- Anthropology --- Human beings --- Social aspects