Blackwell Guide to American Philosophy

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.