Torjus Midtgarden
Position
Professor
Affiliation
- torjus.midtgarden@uib.no
- Phone number
- +47 55582978
- Visitor address
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Parkveien 9
5007 Bergen - Postal address
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P.O. Box 7805NO-5020 BergenNorway
Torjus Midtgarden
Position
Professor
Affiliation
Research groups
Research
Torjus Midtgarden's work centers on Pragmatism and its contemporary relevance for Social and Political Theory. He has recently studied how Classical Pragmatism (John Dewey), as well as Neo-Pragmatism (Robert Brandom), draws on perspectives from Hegel’s philosophy, and he has explored ways in which Dewey’s Pragmatism bears on current discussions in Critical Social Theory (Axel Honneth, James Bohman). Together with German and French colleagues he currently partakes in explorations of how Dewey’s Pragmatism may be seen as congenial to Amartya Sen’s Capability Approach but also of ways in which it may critically complement the latter by stressing that individuals’ capabilities depend on collective achievements and capabilities and on transactions with non-human nature.
Publications
2020
- Midtgarden, Torjus (2020). A wide view of democracy and an inclusive conception of the social. (external link)
- Midtgarden, Torjus (2020). Nils Gilje 2019. Hermeneutikk som metode: Ein historisk introduksjon.. (external link)
- Midtgarden, Torjus (2020). Peirce’s classification of the sciences. (external link)
- Berg, Dag-Erik; Midtgarden, Torjus (2020). Ambedkar’s radical moves beyond Dewey’s pragmatism. (external link)
2019
- Midtgarden, Torjus (2019). Dewey’s Conceptualization of the Public as Polity Contextualized: The Struggle for Democratic Control over Natural Resources and Technology. (external link)
- Midtgarden, Torjus (2019). Peirce’s Concept of Scientific Intelligence: Its Kantian Background and Relevance. (external link)
2018
2015
- Midtgarden, Torjus (2015). John Dewey and Democratic Participation under Modern Conditions. (external link)
- Lea, Kjersti; Kaiser, Matthias; Midtgarden, Torjus et al. (2015). Intellectual Practicians: An Exploration of Professionalism among Upper Secondary School Teachers with Icelandic Mother Tongue Teachers as a Contextualized Empirical Case. (external link)
2014
2013
- Midtgarden, Torjus (2013). Conflicting and complementary conceptions of discursive practice in non-metaphysical interpretations of Hegel. (external link)
- Midtgarden, Torjus (2013). John Dewey – fridom, deltaking og offentlegheit. (external link)
- Midtgarden, Torjus (2013). Practice, judgement, and the challenge of moral and political disagreement: a pragmatist account. (external link)
2012
2011
- Midtgarden, Torjus (2011). The Hegelian Legacy in Dewey's Social and Political Philosophy, 1915-1920. (external link)
- Midtgarden, Torjus (2011). Peirce's theory of inquiry and beyond. By Thora Margareta Bertilsson. (external link)
- Stige, Brynjulf; Malterud, Kirsti; Midtgarden, Torjus (2011). EPICURE : et dialogisk redskab til evaluering af kvalitativ forskning. (external link)
2010
2008
2005
- Colapietro, Vincent; Midtgarden, Torjus; Strand, Torill (2005). Introduction. Peirce and Education: The Conflicting Processes of Learning and Discovery. (external link)
- Midtgarden, Torjus (2005). On the Prospects of A Semiotic Theory of Learning. (external link)
- Midtgarden, Torjus (2005). Måling av pasientsentrert kommunikasjon. (external link)
- Midtgarden, Torjus; Strand, T (2005). Introduction. Pierce and Education: The Conflicting Processes of Learning and Discovery. (external link)
- Midtgarden, Torjus (2005). Pierce on Education: Pragmatism and Peirce's Definition of the Purpose of a University. (external link)
2002
- Midtgarden, Torjus (2002). The relevance of Peirce's conception of a scientific intelligence. (external link)
- Midtgarden, Torjus (2002). Arven frå den amerikanske pragmatismen. (external link)
- Midtgarden, Torjus (2002). Iconic Aspects of Language and Language Use: Peirce's Work on Iconicity Revisited. (external link)
- Midtgarden, Torjus (2002). Peirce on the Notion of Self and Personal Identity. (external link)