Cornel West
Contemporary United States Pragmatism
Biography
American philosopher, political activist, social critic, author, and public intellectual.
Life Dates
Born: June 2, 1953
Notable Quotes
"Never forget that justice is what love looks like in public."
"We have to recognize that there cannot be relationships unless there is commitment, unless there is loyalty, unless there is love, patience, persistence."
"Hope and optimism are different. Optimism tends to be based on the notion that there's enough evidence out there to believe things are gonna be better."
"You can't lead the people if you don't love the people. You can't save the people if you don't serve the people."
"Critical thinking is a desire to seek, patience to doubt, fondness to meditate, slowness to assert, readiness to consider."
Contemporaries
John RawlsJudith ButlerMartha NussbaumNancy CartwrightWillard Van Orman QuineThomas KuhnJohn RawlsRichard RortyNoam ChomskyMartha NussbaumDaniel DennettJudith ButlerAlvin PlantingaSaul KripkeHilary PutnamJohn SearleThomas NagelRobert NozickChristine KorsgaardMichael SandelNancy FraserLinda ZagzebskiDavid LewisPeter van InwagenBrian LeiterJoshua GreeneJonathan HaidtHelen LonginoElliott SoberKaren BennettSusanna SiegelPaul BoghossianSarah PaulRobert BrandomHubert DreyfusAlison GopnikJesse PrinzShaun NicholsTamar GendlerStephen YabloSally HaslangerJason StanleyL.A. PaulPeter RailtonFred DretskeTyler BurgeRuth MillikanNed BlockSydney ShoemakerRoderick ChisholmNelson GoodmanWilfrid Sellars