实用主义的谱系困境

The Dilemma of the Pedigree of Pragmatism

当代实用主义内部充满了各种争议,面临着谱系描述上的困难,即实用主义的谱系困境,这一困境严重影响到实用主义长远的健康发展。该谱系困境主要表现为在判定实用主义者身份时的困难——无法明确界定谁是实用主义者以及他们在实用主义发展中的地位。而实用主义谱系困境出现的根本原因就在于对"实用主义"概念认识的不清晰,即理论初创期代表人物之间的理论分歧已现,及至古典之后实用主义在与分析哲学进行多样的融合时进一步加深了理解实用主义的难度。正视实用主义的谱系困境,加强对实用主义的研究,有助于实用主义理论的发展及对美国政治文化生活的深入了解。

Along with all kinds of disputes, contemporary pragmatism is faced with the difficulties of pedigree description, that is, the dilemma of the pedigree of pragmatism, which seriously affects the long-term healthy development of pragmatism.The dilemma is mainly manifested in the difficulty of determining pragmatists： it is difficult to define who is the pragmatist and their status in the development of pragmatism.And the root cause of the dilemma lies in the unclear concept of pragmatism： theoretical divergence appeared between the representatives in classical pragmatism. Subsequently, the various integration between pragmatism and analytic philosophy further deepened the difficulty of the understanding of pragmatism. Facing up to the dilemma of the pedigree of pragmatism and strengthen the study of pragmatism is helpful for the development of pragmatism and the deep understanding of the political and cultural life of the United States.