Where Do Pragmatists Come From?

Pragmatism Cybrary

Pragmatism originated in the Cambridge, Massachusetts, area in the 1870s with the Metaphysical Club.
Charles Peirce and William James taught pragmatism at Harvard during the 1890s and early 1900s, and pragmatism has been vibrant there ever since.
John Dewey forged his pragmatism at the University of Chicago, and then initiated a second center of pragmatism at Columbia University.
All of the branches of pragmatism can be traced back to philosophers from one of these three schools.

The Cambridge School of Pragmatism

The Chicago School of Pragmatism

The Columbia School of Pragmatism

Older Branches of Pragmatic Thought

New York City: The New School for Social Research, City University of New York, New York University, Fordham University

New England: Boston University, Yale University, University of Pennsylvania

Midwest: University of Wisconsin, University of Illinois, University of Texas

Canada: University of Toronto

Newer Branches of Pragmatic Thought (under construction)

Mid-Atlantic: SUNY at Buffalo, Pennsylvania State University, University of Pittsburgh

South: Emory University, Vanderbilt University, Tulane University

Midwest: University of Notre Dame, Southern Illinois University, Saint Louis University

West: University of Oregon, University of Hawaii, University of Washington

Canada: University of Waterloo