INTERNATIONAL PRAGMATISM SOCIETY

Invitation for Membership

The new International Pragmatism Society, founded in October 2005, will work to improve communication and intellectual discussion among scholars worldwide who are interested in pragmatism. Hans Joas is serving as the First President, for the 2006-2007 term of two years. The International Pragmatism Society’s Board of Directors are: 

Michael Eldridge, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, USA
Paulo Ghiraldelli, Jr., Centro de Estudos em Filosofia Americana e Pragmatismo, Brazil 
Peter Hare, University at Buffalo, USA 
Larry Hickman, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, USA 
Hans Joas, Erfurt University, Germany 
Leszek Koczanowicz, University of Wroclaw, Poland 
Cheryl Misak, University of Toronto, Canada
Jaime Nubiola, Universidad de Navarra, Spain 
Hilary Putnam, Harvard University, USA 
John Ryder, State University of New York, USA 
Naoko Saito, University of Kyoto, Japan 
Charlene Seigfried, Purdue University, USA 
John Shook, Oklahoma State University, USA 
Tan Sor Hoon, National University of Singapore 
Claudine Tiercelin, L’Université de Paris-XII, France 
Emil Višnovský, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia 
Michel Weber, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium 

The Society is considering a variety of ways to promote scholarship and communication about pragmatism, including websites and webforums, support for scholars’ travel, co-sponsorship of conferences, and awarding prizes. Besides hosting a website (forums.pragmatism.org) where members can post information about themselves and discuss their research and interests, the primary mode of communication is the journal Contemporary Pragmatism (published by Rodopi, see contemporary.pragmatism.org). Members of the International Pragmatism Society receive Contemporary Pragmatism as a part of their membership. Current subscribers who join the International Pragmatism Society will not receive an invoice from Rodopi and delivery will be uninterrupted. As the Society grows we hope to devote a section of each issue of Contemporary Pragmatism to notices of new scholarship, recent conferences, and other events of interest worldwide. 

Membership for 2006 is $60 per year. In the future, we hope to have funds to make reduced rates possible for scholars from less advantaged countries. To join, please reply to the Society’s Treasurer, Michael Eldridge, who is receiving membership checks made out to “International Pragmatism Society” in US dollars. His address is Department of Philosophy, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd., Charlotte, NC 28223-0001.  For non-US members, please use PayPal by going to this website:

https://www.paypal.com/us/prq/id=W5ZpidavLUSXf67PkeK1LNHYIGEpeNnprJW3Cw

There are other ways of paying memberships dues as well. Please contact Michael Eldridge at mleldrid@email.uncc.edu for details.

John R. Shook
Secretary, International Pragmatism Society 
Oklahoma State University 
jshook@pragmatism.org 
shook.pragmatism.org