The Blackwell Guide to American Philosophy (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Mai 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781405142960
• Artikelnr.: 38281567

Autorenporträt

Armen T. Marsoobian is Professor of Philosophy at Southern Connecticut State University. He is co-editor of Justus Buchler's Metaphysics of Natural Complexes (with Kathleen Wallace, 1990) and of Nature's Perspectives: Prospects for Ordinal Metaphysics (with Kathleen Wallace and Robert S. Carrington, 1991). He is editor-in-chief of the Blackwell journal Metaphilosophy. John Ryder is Professor of Philosophy, Director of the Office of International Programs, and Director of the Center on Russia and the United States at The State University of New York. He is author of Interpreting America: Russian and Soviet Studies of the History of American Thought (1999), editor of American Philosophic Naturalism in the Twentieth Century (1994), and co-editor of The Philosophical Writings of Cadwallader Colden (with Scott L. Pratt, 2002).

Inhaltsangabe

Notes on Contributors. Preface. Editors' Introduction. PART I: HISTORICAL TRADITIONS. 1. Early American Philosophy (John Ryder). 2. Idealism in American Thought (Douglas Anderson). 3. The First Pragmatists (Joseph Margolis). 4. Naturalism (Michael Eldridge). PART II. MAJOR FIGURES IN AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY. 5. C.S. Peirce, 1839-1914 (Vincent Colapietro). 6. William James, 1842-1910 (William J. Gavin). 7. Josiah Royce, 1855-1916 (Frank M. Oppenheim, SJ). 8. George Santayana, 1863-1952 (Herman J. Saatkamp, Jr.). 9. John Dewey, 1859-1952 (Larry A. Hickman). 10. George Herbert Mead, 1863-1931 (Mitchell Aboulafia). 11. Jane Addams, 1860-1935 (Charlene Haddock Seigfried). 12. W.E.B. Du Bois, 1868-1963 (Shannon Sullivan). 13. Alfred North Whitehead, 1861-1947 (John W. Lango). 14. C.I. Lewis, 1883-1964 (Sandra B. Rosenthal). 15. Suzanne K. Langer, 1895-1985 (Richard E. Hart). 16. Willard Van Orman Quine, 1908-2000 (Peter T. Manicas). 17. Alain L. Locke, 1885-1954 (Leonard Harris). 18. Justus Buchler, 1914-1991 (Kathleen Wallace). PART III. MAJOR THEMES IN AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY. 19. Community and Democracy (James Campbell). 20. Knowledge and Action: American Epistemology (Scott L. Pratt(. 21. Religion (William D. Dean). 22. Education (Nicholas C. Burbules, Bryan Warnick, Timothy McDonough, and Scott Johnston). 23. Art and the Aesthetic (Armen T. Marsoobian). Epilogue: Editor's Note. Epilogue: The Renascence of Classical American Philosophy (John J. McDermott). Index.

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Preface.

Introduction: Armen T. Marsoobian (Southern Connecticut StateUniversity) and John Ryder (State University of New York).

Part I: Historical Traditions.

Part II: Major Figures in American Philosophy.

Part III: Major Themes in American Philosophy.

Index

Rezensionen

"Marsoobian and Ryder have crafted the much-needed survey of keyfigures and issues from the major philosophies that originated inAmerica. This Guide delivers an admirable set of clear and conciseessays, composed by prominent scholars of American philosophy.Teachers and students will be indebted to The Blackwell Guide toAmerican Philosophy for many years to come." John R. Shook,Oklahoma State University

"This volume by many hands fills an important gap about Americanphilosophy, as distinguished from philosophy in America. It is asophisticated, invaluable guide to American philosophy, richlycovering all the main traditions, major figures, and importantthemes in clear, comprehensive, and very useful fashion." TomRockmore, Duquesne University

"This is an excellent reference resource on the classicalperiod of American philosophy. It reiterates and reaffirms the ideathat history is really a topic of the present, and the essayspresent stimulating insight on an exciting period of Americanintellectual life that continues to inform contemporaryphilosophical issues." Gerald T. Burke, Reference Reviews