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The Blackwell guide to American philosophy / edited by Armen T. Marsoobian and John Ryder.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Blackwell philosophy guides ; 16.
- Blackwell philosophy guides ; 16
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Philosophy, American.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (432 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.</
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786610198825
- 9781405164719
- 1405164719
- 9781782686453
- 1782686452
- 9781280198823
- 1280198826
- 9780470701706
- 0470701706
- 9780470996843
- 0470996846
- 9781405142960
- 1405142960
- OCLC:
- 184983675
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