The Blackwell guide to American philosophy
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The Blackwell guide to American philosophy
(Blackwell philosophy guides, 16)
Blackwell Pub., 2004
- : hardcover
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The Blackwell Guide to American Philosophy offers the most ambitious survey to date of American philosophical thought.
Provides a comprehensive history of philosophical thought in America.
Brings together 24 newly commissioned essays written by leading scholars in American philosophy.
Covers all of the major eighteenth-, nineteenth- and twentieth-century philosophical movements in America including idealism, pragmatism and naturalism.
Examines the major figures and themes in American philosophical thought.
Includes useful bibliographies.
Table of Contents
Notes on Contributors. Preface.
Editors' Introduction.
PART I: HISTORICAL TRADITIONS.
1. Early American Philosophy (John Ryder).
2. Idealism in American Thought (Douglas Anderson).
3. The First Pragmatists (Joseph Margolis).
4. Naturalism (Michael Eldridge).
PART II. MAJOR FIGURES IN AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY.
5. C.S. Peirce, 1839-1914 (Vincent Colapietro).
6. William James, 1842-1910 (William J. Gavin).
7. Josiah Royce, 1855-1916 (Frank M. Oppenheim, SJ).
8. George Santayana, 1863-1952 (Herman J. Saatkamp, Jr.).
9. John Dewey, 1859-1952 (Larry A. Hickman).
10. George Herbert Mead, 1863-1931 (Mitchell Aboulafia).
11. Jane Addams, 1860-1935 (Charlene Haddock Seigfried).
12. W.E.B. Du Bois, 1868-1963 (Shannon Sullivan).
13. Alfred North Whitehead, 1861-1947 (John W. Lango).
14. C.I. Lewis, 1883-1964 (Sandra B. Rosenthal).
15. Suzanne K. Langer, 1895-1985 (Richard E. Hart).
16. Willard Van Orman Quine, 1908-2000 (Peter T. Manicas).
17. Alain L. Locke, 1885-1954 (Leonard Harris).
18. Justus Buchler, 1914-1991 (Kathleen Wallace).
PART III. MAJOR THEMES IN AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY.
19. Community and Democracy (James Campbell).
20. Knowledge and Action: American Epistemology (Scott L. Pratt(.
21. Religion (William D. Dean).
22. Education (Nicholas C. Burbules, Bryan Warnick, Timothy McDonough, and Scott Johnston).
23. Art and the Aesthetic (Armen T. Marsoobian).
Epilogue: Editor's Note.
Epilogue: The Renascence of Classical American Philosophy (John J. McDermott).
Index.
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