American Philosophy

A Historical Anthology

AvBarbara MacKinnon

Häftad, Engelska, 1985

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Beskrivning

This anthology demonstrates the richness and diversity of the American intellectual heritage. In it we see how Jonathan Edwards grapples with the problem of how to reconcile freedom and responsibility with Calvinist religious beliefs; how Franklin and Jefferson exemplified American enlightenment thought; and how the Transcendentalists, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau, formulated their particular romantic idealist beliefs.A second and significant portion of the anthology is devoted to Pragmatism. Substantive excerpts from Peirce, James and Dewey, as well as Royce, are collected here.A third part is devoted to other Twentieth-Century American philosophies. No other collection of writings in this field includes the breadth of coverage that this one does. Among the chapters in this third part of the book are those on early Process Philosophy, Phenomenology, Positivism, and Language Philosophies. Selections from such philosophers as Whitehead, Weiss, Buchler, Gurwitsch, Sellars, Quine, Davidson, and Rawls, along with many others are included in this part. A final chapter is devoted to twentieth-century American Moral Philosophy.The book is specifically designed to be used as a text for courses in American philosophy. A substantive introduction that emphasizes the historical setting as well as major interests and ideas of the philosophers accompanies each chapter. Extensive bibliographies and study guide questions follow each chapter. The selections include more than any one course will cover, but in their completeness also allow individual teachers and readers to select what they want.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1985-06-30
Mått:230 x 153 x 45 mm
Vikt:943 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:SUNY series in Philosophy
Antal sidor:704
Förlag:State University of New York Press
ISBN:9780873959230

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Barbara MacKinnon is Professor of Philosophy at the University of San Francisco.

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PrefaceI. Early American Philosophy 1. Puritan Thought Jonathan Edwards Study QuestionsBibliography2. The American Enlightenment Benjamin Franklin Thomas JeffersonStudy QuestionsBibliography3. Transcendentalism Ralph Waldo Emerson Henry David ThoreauStudy QuestionsBibliographyII. Classical American Philosophy 4. Evolutionary Thought John Fiske Chauncey WrightJohn DeweyStudy QuestionsBibliography5. Pragmatism Charles Sanders Pierce Study QuestionsBibliography6. The Pragmatism and Metaphysics of C.S. Pierce Study Questions Bibliography7. The Pragmatism and Radical Empiricism of William James Study Questions Bibliography8. The Naturalism and Experimentalism of John Dewey Study Questions Bibliography9. The Idealism and Absolute Pragmatism of Josiah Royce Study Questions BibliographyIII. Twentieth Century Philosophy in America 10. Early Twentieth Century Realism & Naturalism Naturalism The New RealismCritical RealismGeorge SantayanaStudy QuestionsBibliography11. Thomism Bernard Lonergan Anton PegisStudy QuestionsBibliography12. Process Philosophy Alfred North Whitehead Charles HartshorneStudy QuestionsBibliography13. Systematic Metaphysics Justus Buchler Paul WeissRobert NevilleWilfrid SellarsStudy QuestionsBibliography14. Phenomenology Richard Schmitt Aron GurwitschDon IdheStudy QuestionsBibliography15. The New Empiricism C. I. Lewis Rudolf CarnapW. V. O. QuineStudy QuestionsBibliography16. Language Philosophy John Searle Norman MalcomDonald DavidsonStudy QuestionsBibliography17. Twentieth Century American Moral Philosophy John Dewey Charles StevensonKurt BaierJohn RawlsRuth MacklinStudy QuestionsBibliographyIndex