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Experience as philosophy : on the work of John J. McDermott / edited by James Campbell and Richard E. Hart.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- American philosophy series.
- American philosophy series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- McDermott, John J. (John Joseph), 1932-.
- McDermott, John J.
- Experience.
- Philosophy, American.
- United States--Civilization--20th century.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (334 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : Fordham University Press, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The philosopher John J. McDermott comes out of the long and rich American tradition that takes the aim of philosophical inquiry to be interpretation of the open meanings of experience, so that we might all live fuller and richer lives. Here, leading philosophers explore McDermottGs singular interpretations of the questions of our shared existence. How are we to understand the nature of American culture and to carry forward its important contributions? What is the personal importance of embodiment, of living in the realization of death? How does our physical and personal environment nourish our bodies and spirits? What does the deliberate pursuit of a morality offer us? How do we educate those who follow us to use our shared past to address civic and spiritual problems? What are the possibilities for community? In an Afterword, McDermott responds to the contributors and offers a restatement of his understanding of the American philosopherGs task.
- Contents:
- Title Page ; Table of Contents; Contributors; Introduction; Locality in American Culture and the American Experience / William J. Gavin; The Pragmatic Scholar and the History of American Philosophy / James Campbell; Living Creatively, While Terminal / Jacquelyn Ann K. Kegley; The ""Bite"" of the ""Existential Moment"" / Michael W. Allen ; McDermott's Processive-Relational Personalism: Optimism? No! Hope? Perhaps! / Eugene Fontinell ; Landscape and Personscape in Urban Aesthetics / Richard E. Hart ; What Does it Mean to Have an Ethics? / Paul B. Thompson
- No Eros, No Buds: Teaching as Nectaring / Arthur Lothstein The Necessity of a Cultural Pedagogy / John Ryder ; Afterword: You are Really Able / John J. McDermott; Notes; Complete Bibliography of the Writings of John J. McDermott; Index; Fordham's American Philosophy Series
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- "Complete bibliography of the writings of John J. McDermott"--P.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8232-5896-3
- 0-8232-2640-9
- 1-4294-7905-1
- OCLC:
- 221177863
- Publisher Number:
- 2027/heb08483 hdl
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