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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814476203321

Titolo

The Blackwell guide to American philosophy / / edited by Armen T. Marsoobian and John Ryder

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2004

ISBN

9786610198825

9781405164719

1405164719

9781782686453

1782686452

9781280198823

1280198826

9780470701706

0470701706

9780470996843

0470996846

9781405142960

1405142960

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (432 p.)

Collana

Blackwell philosophy guides ; ; 16

Altri autori (Persone)

MarsoobianArmen

RyderJohn <1951->

Disciplina

191

Soggetti

Philosophy, American

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

The Blackwell Guide to American Philosophy; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Preface; Editors' Introduction; Part I Historical Traditions; 1 Early American Philosophy; 2 Idealism in American Thought; 3 The First Pragmatists; 4 Naturalism; Part II Major Figures in American Philosophy; 5 C. S. Peirce, 1839-1914; 6 William James, 1842-1910; 7 Josiah Royce, 1855-1916; 8 George Santayana, 1863-1952; 9 John Dewey, 1859-1952; 10 George Herbert Mead, 1863-1931; 11 Jane Addams, 1860-1935; 12 W. E. B. Du Bois, 1868-1963; 13 Alfred North Whitehead, 1861-1947; 14 C. I. Lewis, 1883-1964



15 Susanne K. Langer, 1895-198516 Willard Van Orman Quine, 1908-2000; 17 Alain L. Locke, 1885-1954; 18 Justus Buchler, 1914-1991; Part III Major Themes in American Philosophy; 19 Community and Democracy; 20 Knowledge and Action: American Epistemology; 21 Religion; 22 Education; 23 Art and the Aesthetic; Epilogue: Editors' Note; Epilogue: The Renascence of Classical American Philosophy; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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.</