Wilderness in America : philosophical writings / Henry Bugbee ; edited by David W. Rodick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bugbee, Henry Greenwood, Jr., author.

Contributor:

Rodick, David W., editor.

Series:

Groundworks (New York, N.Y.)

Groundworks : ecological issues in philosophy and theology

Standardized Title:

Works. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, American.

Physical Description:

xii, 222 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Fordham University Press, 2017.

Summary:

The philosophy of Henry Bugbee defies traditional academic categorization. Inspired by Heidegger and American transcendentalism, he was admired by the famous analytic philosopher Willard van Orman Quine, who described him as the ultimate exemplar of the examined life. Bugbee's writings are remarkably different from anything written in twentieth-century American philosophy, most famously in the journal-form of his best-known work, The Inward Morning. The beautifully written essays collected here show Bugbee's continuing commitment that "anyone who throws his entire personality into his work must to some extent adopt an aesthetic attitude and medium." Beginning with an introductory account of Bugbee's "experiential naturalism," this book brings Bugbee's early writings together with some of his most celebrated essays, as well as unpublished pieces, an extended interview, and a handful of tributes and reflections by others. Together, the book reintroduces a major thinker of nature, an environmental philosopher avant la lettre who has much to contribute to American and continental thought. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction. Being in nature : the experiential naturalism of Henry G. Bugbee Jr.

Part I. Student writings. In demonstration of the spirit (selections)

The sense and the conception of being (selections)

Part II. Published writings. A venture in the open

Thoughts on creation

Wilderness in America

Part III. Unpublished writings. The revolution in western thought : another step (1962)

Nature and a true artist (n.d.)

A way of reading the book of Job (1963)

Notes on objectivity and reality (n.d.)

Part IV. Experience, memory, reflection : an interview with Henry Bugbee

Appendixes. Curriculum vitae : the course of life

Letter from C.I. Lewis (n.d. ca 1951)

Letter from John M. Anderson (August 9, 1950)

Journal entry (February 11, 1957)

Albert Borgmann, "Henry" : a tribute

The splendor of Rock Creek

Upper Clark Fork : Rock Creek fishing

The Bugbee Nature Preserve

Bugbee Nature Preserve : named for Henry Greenwood Bugbee, M.D. (1879-1945)

"Philosopher" : a poem by Gary Whited

Bruce Bugbee, "for Henry"

Bugbee annual lectures.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-222).

ISBN:

9780823275359

0823275353

9780823275366

0823275361

OCLC:

960836648