A history of philosophy in America, 1720-2000 /
Historian Bruce Kuklick tells the story of the growth of philosophical thinking in the USA, in the context of the intellectual and social changes of the times.
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Länkar: | Electronic book from Oxford Scholarship Online Electronic book from Oxford Scholarship Online |
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Materialtyp: | E-bok |
Språk: | English |
Publicerad: | Oxford ; New York : Clarendon Press, 2001. |
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Innehållsförteckning:
- PART I: SPECULATIVE THOUGHT IN AMERICA, 1720-1868: Calvinism and Jonathan Edwards
- Philosophy and politics
- Theological dispute
- Collegiate philosophy
- Innovative amateurs
- PART II: THE AGE OF PRAGMATISM, 1859-1934: The shape of revolution
- The consensus on idealism, 1870-1900
- Pragmatism in Cambridge
- Pragmatism in Harvard
- Instrumentalism in Chicago and New York
- PART III: PROFESSIONAL PHILOSOPHY, 1912-2000: Professional realism
- Europe's impact on the United States
- Harvard and Oxford
- The tribulations of professional philosophy.
- Conclusion.