Li Zehou and Pragmatism

Li Zehou and John Dewey both share the pragmatist idea that knowledge is linked to experience and theories arise out of practices. Li Zehou’s philosophy, however, goes beyond Dewey’s more narrow philosophy with an anthropological, historical ontology. Finding the source of humanity in the using and making of tools by early humans, Li is able to provide the foundation for a philosophy that enlarges pragmatism to give a fuller account of human capacities and human flourishing.