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The Blackwell Guide to American Philosophy

Armen T. Marsoobian (Editor), John Ryder (Editor)
ISBN: 978-0-631-21622-3
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432 pages
February 2004, Wiley-Blackwell
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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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