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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451586503321

Autore

Anderson Douglas R

Titolo

Philosophy Americana [[electronic resource] ] : Making Philosophy at Home in American Culture / / Douglas R. Anderson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Fordham University Press, 2006

ISBN

0-8232-3550-5

0-8232-4831-3

0-8232-2552-6

1-4294-7890-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (308 p.)

Collana

American philosophy series, , 1073-2764 ; ; no. 18

Disciplina

191

Soggetti

Philosophy, American - 20th century

Electronic books.

United States Civilization 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Philosophy Americana""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1: Some Preliminary Remarks on the Origins of Pragmatism""; ""Chapter 2: Royce, Philosophy, and Wandering""; ""Chapter 3: Wilderness as Philosophical Home""; ""Chapter 4: Working Certainty and Deweyan Wisdom""; ""Chapter 5: Wildness as Political Act""; ""Chapter 6: ""After All, He�s Just a Man""""; ""Chapter 7: William James and the Wild Beasts of the Philosophical Desert""; ""Chapter 8: John Dewey�s Sensible Mysticism""; ""Chapter 9: ""Born to Run""""

""Chapter 10: Philosophy as Teaching""""Chapter 11: Learning and Teaching""; ""Chapter 12: Emerson�s Platonizing of American Thought""; ""Chapter 13: American Loss in Cavell�s Emerson""; ""Chapter 14: Emerson and Kerouac""; ""Chapter 15: Pragmatic Intellectuals""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""Other Books in Fordham's American Philosophy Series""

Sommario/riassunto

Beginning with the assumption that philosophy - the Greek love of wisdom - is alive and well in American culture, this work traverses American life to find places in the wider culture where professional



philosophy in the distinctively American tradition can strike up a conversation.