American philosophy before pragmatism / Russell Goodman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goodman, Russell B., author.

Series:

Oxford history of philosophy.

The Oxford History of Philosophy American philosophy before pragmatism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Edwards, Jonathan, 1703-1758.

Edwards, Jonathan.

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790.

Franklin, Benjamin.

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.

Jefferson, Thomas.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo.

Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862.

Thoreau, Henry David.

Philosophy, American--18th century.

Philosophy, American.

Philosophy, American--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This study of five American thinkers - Jonathan Edwards, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Henry David Thoreau - considers their work in relation to the philosophers and other thinkers they found important: to the deism of John Toland and Matthew Tindal, the moral sense theories of Francis Hutcheson, Adam Smith, and David Hume, the political and religious philosophy of John Locke, the romanticism of William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and the transcendental idealism of Immanuel Kant.

Contents:

Jonathan Edwards

Benjamin Franklin

Interlude : strands of Republican thought

Thomas Jefferson

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Henry David Thoreau

Epilogue : some continuities in American philosophy.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-106013-5

0-19-180262-X

OCLC:

1091626537