John Lachs's Practical Philosophy

Krzysztof Piotr Skowroński, PhD, is Opole University Professor of Philosophy. He co-founded Berlin Practical Philosophy International Forum e.V. He authored, edited, and co-edited numerous books on American philosophy, especially pragmatism.

• PrefaceKrzysztof Piotr SkowrońskiAcknowledgmentsNotes on ContributorsIntroductionHerman Saatkamp Jr.PrologueJohn Lachs Part 1: The Practice of Philosophizing1 Lachs on Transcendence: Art’s Relation to the Life of ReasonMichael HodgesReply to Michael Hodges2 Thinking in the World: Expanding the Practical Uses of PhilosophyKelly A. ParkerReply to Kelly Parker3 Practical Posthumanism in the Philosophy of John LachsPhillip McReynoldsReply to Phillip McReynolds4 John Lachs’s Relativism in Philosophical Education as Seen from a Practical PerspectiveKrzysztof Piotr SkowrońskiReply to Krzysztof Piotr Skowroński5 John Lachs, Meaningful Effort, and the Broken WorldCharles PadrónReply to Charles PadrónPart 2: Philosophical Relationships6 Lachs, Liberty, and the Pursuit of HappinessAndrew FialaReply to Andrew Fiala7 Lachs vs. SantayanaRichard RubinReply to Richard Rubin8 The Unadulterated Joy and the Pressure of Obligations in John Lachs’s PhilosophyNóra HorváthReply to Nóra HorváthPart 3: Stoic Pragmatism9 How Stoic is Lachs’ Pentapharmakos?Daniel PinkasReply to Daniel Pinkas10 Toward an Ontology for Stoic PragmatismGriffin TrotterReply to Griffin Trotter11 Self-Respect, Positive Power, and Stoic Pragmatism: Rawls, Dewey, and Lachs on Justice and HappinessEric Thomas WeberReply to Eric Thomas Weber12 ‘Raisins in the Bread of Life’: On the Practical Joys of Lachs’s Stoic PragmatismShannon SullivanReply to Shannon SullivanPart 4: Anthropology, Social Ethics, and Bioethics13 The Unlived Life: The Main Nemesis of the Examined LifeVincent ColapietroReply to Vincent Colapietro14 Are Acts of Institutions Really Fully Analyzable into the Constituent Actions of Human Beings?Jacquelyn Ann K. KegleyReply to Jacquelyn Ann K. Kegley15 Mediation and Its DiscontentsMichael BrodrickReply to Michael Brodrick16 Facing Death: Preparing for Dying as a Social ProcessPatrick ShadeReply to Patrick Shade17 John Lachs on Happiness and IndividualityMatthew Caleb FlammReply to Matthew C. FlammPart 5: Addendum18 Immediacy and the FuturePhil OliverReply to Phil Oliver19 Death and Self-ImportanceJohn LachsPart 6: Comprehensive Bibliography of Primary and Secondary SourcesArticles and Shorter Pieces Books Secondary Bibliography Directed Dissertations at Vanderbilt University Index