Pragmatism and the Secret Self/O pragmatismo e o self secreto (one article in two languages in English and Portuguese)

Abstract

Can pragmatism account for the private aspect of the self? The classical pragmatists--Peirce, James, Mead, and Dewey--mount various attacks on the Cartesian view of the self, and they offer varied and attractive positive accounts of the person. But does pragmatism adequately acknowledge privacy or personal "inwardness"? I explore here the pragmatic picture of the self, drawing on all the classical sources, and I assess the adequacy of pragmatic resources for describing and explaining the puzzles of personal privacy.