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This chapter examines Jane Addams’s contribution to Classical American Pragmatism. In the mid 1990s philosophers began to recover the work of Jane Addams and establish her as a founder of American Pragmatism.
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Shields, P.M. (2017). Jane Addams: Public Philosopher, and Practicing, Feminist Pragmatist. In: Shields, P. (eds) Jane Addams: Progressive Pioneer of Peace, Philosophy, Sociology, Social Work and Public Administration. Pioneers in Arts, Humanities, Science, Engineering, Practice, vol 10. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50646-3_2
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