Primal Roots Of American Philosophy

Author : Bruce Wilshire
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0271041323

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Primal Roots of American Philosophy by Bruce Wilshire Pdf

Continuing his quest to bring American philosophy back to its roots, Bruce Wilshire connects the work of such thinkers as Thoreau, Emerson, Dewey, and James with Native American beliefs and practices. His search is not for exact parallels, but rather for fundamental affinities between the equally &"organismic&" thought systems of indigenous peoples and classic American philosophers. Wilshire gives particular emphasis to the affinities between Black Elk&’s view of the hoop of the world and Emerson&’s notion of horizon, and also between a shaman&’s healing practices and James&’s ideas of pure experience, willingness to believe, and a pluralistic universe. As these connections come into focus, the book shows how European phenomenology was inspired and influenced by the classic American philosophers, whose own work reveals the inspiration and influence of indigenous thought. Wilshire&’s book also reveals how artificial are the walls that separate the sciences and the humanities in academia, and that separate Continental from Anglo-American thought within the single discipline of philosophy.

Author : Bruce W. Wilshire
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Philosophy, American
ISBN : 0271052708

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The Primal Roots of American Philosophy by Bruce W. Wilshire Pdf

Author : Scott L. Pratt
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2002-04-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 025310890X

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Native Pragmatism by Scott L. Pratt Pdf

Pragmatism is America's most distinctive philosophy. Generally it has been understood as a development of European thought in response to the "American wilderness." A closer examination, however, reveals that the roots and central commitments of pragmatism are indigenous to North America. Native Pragmatism recovers this history and thus provides the means to re-conceive the scope and potential of American philosophy. Pragmatism has been at best only partially understood by those who focus on its European antecedents. This book casts new light on pragmatism's complex origins and demands a rethinking of African American and feminist thought in the context of the American philosophical tradition. Scott L. Pratt demonstrates that pragmatism and its development involved the work of many thinkers previously overlooked in the history of philosophy.

Author : Herbert Wallace Schneider
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1946
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 8120824547

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A History of American Philosophy by Herbert Wallace Schneider Pdf

The present work treats of several aspects of American philosophy in their historical perspective. The author has interpreted philosophically the revolutionary changes that recent years have brought in the domain of education, church, politics, natural sciences etc. The reader will find herein that American Philosophy is the outgrowth of impacts of new life and new directions imported by waves of immigration. More conspicuous are the recent intellectual imports from Cambridge, Paris and Vienna. The philosophical analysis that grew up in Cambridge under the leadership of Whitehead, russel and Moore, the sophisticated, modernized versions of Catholic scholasticism from Paris and the the schools of value theory, existentialism, phenomenology, logical positivism, psychoanalysis, and socialism from Vienna--these are now pervasive forces in American culture. The author has ventured to predict that the types of philosophical thought described in this volume are being radically revised, reviewed and reconstructed because of these new importations that a decidedly new chapter in American philosophy is being written. The author has tried well to expound what American history teaches or what American philosophy stands for.

Author : John Lachs,Robert B. Talisse
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 872 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2008-03-31
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781135948863

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American Philosophy: An Encyclopedia by John Lachs,Robert B. Talisse Pdf

The Encyclopedia of American Philosophy provides coverage of the major figures, concepts, historical periods and traditions in American philosophical thought. Containing over 600 entries written by scholars who are experts in the field, this Encyclopedia is the first of its kind. It is a scholarly reference work that is accessible to the ordinary reader by explaining complex ideas in simple terms and providing ample cross-references to facilitate further study. The Encyclopedia of American Philosophy contains a thorough analytical index and will serve as a standard, comprehensive reference work for universities and colleges. Topics covered include: Great philosophers: Emerson, Dewey, James, Royce, Peirce, Santayana Subjects: Pragmatism, Progress, the Future, Knowledge, Democracy, Growth, Truth Influences on American Philosophy: Hegel, Aristotle, Plato, British Enlightenment, Reformation Self-Assessments: Joe Margolis, Donald Davidson, Susan Haack, Peter Hare, John McDermott, Stanley Cavell Ethics: Value, Pleasure, Happiness, Duty, Judgment, Growth Political Philosophy: Declaration of Independence, Democracy, Freedom, Liberalism, Community, Identity

Author : Erin McKenna,Scott L. Pratt
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2015-02-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781441183750

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American Philosophy by Erin McKenna,Scott L. Pratt Pdf

American Philosophy offers the first historically framed introduction to the tradition of American philosophy and its contemporary engagement with the world. Born out of the social and political turmoil of the Civil War, American philosophy was a means of dealing with conflict and change. In the turbulence of the 21st century, this remains as relevant as ever. Placing the work of present-day American philosophers in the context of a history of resistance, through a philosophical tradition marked by a commitment to pluralism, fallibilism and liberation, this book tells the story of a philosophy shaped by major events that call for reflection and illustrates the ways in which philosophy is relevant to lived experience. This book presents a survey of the historical development of American philosophy, as well as coverage of key contemporary issues in America including race theory, feminism, indigenous peoples, and environmentalism and is the ideal introduction to the work of the major American thinkers, past and present, and the sheer breadth of their ideas and influence.

Author : Bruce Wilshire
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780791488379

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Fashionable Nihilism by Bruce Wilshire Pdf

One of America's foremost philosophers reflects on the discipline and its relation to everyday life.

Author : Edward F. Mooney
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2009-12-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780826446824

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Lost Intimacy in American Thought by Edward F. Mooney Pdf

This book offers a critique of rationalism in contemporary American thought by recovering a lost tradition of intimacy in American philosophical writing.

Author : Jacob L. Goodson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2019-12-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781498537964

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American Philosophers Read Scripture by Jacob L. Goodson Pdf

This collection introduces readers to the philosophical interpretation of Scripture, specifically within American Philosophy. The purpose of the collection concerns starting a conversation about the practice and task of the philosophical interpretation of Scripture. Reflections on the philosophical interpretation of Scripture have been treated more as a “conversation-stopper” than a conversation-starter within the American academy. To start such a conversation, this collection offers substantive accounts of the role of Scripture in the philosophical thought of fifteen American philosophers: Jane Addams, Henry Bugbee, Stanley Cavell, John Dewey, Jonathan Edwards, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, William James, Martin Luther King, Jr., Charles Sanders Peirce, Josiah Royce, Richard Rorty, George Santayana, Henry David Thoreau, and Cornel West.

Author : Phillip McReynolds
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2015-08-20
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781498513166

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The American Philosopher by Phillip McReynolds Pdf

This book shows what it means to be an American philosopher by bringing key figures of contemporary American philosophy together to reflect upon the meaning and import of their life’s work.

Author : John R. Shook
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 2000 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2005-05-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781847144706

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Dictionary Of Modern American Philosophers by John R. Shook Pdf

The Dictionary of Modern American Philosophers includes both academic and non-academic philosophers, and a large number of female and minority thinkers whose work has been neglected. It includes those intellectuals involved in the development of psychology, pedagogy, sociology, anthropology, education, theology, political science, and several other fields, before these disciplines came to be considered distinct from philosophy in the late nineteenth century. Each entry contains a short biography of the writer, an exposition and analysis of his or her doctrines and ideas, a bibliography of writings, and suggestions for further reading. While all the major post-Civil War philosophers are present, the most valuable feature of this dictionary is its coverage of a huge range of less well-known writers, including hundreds of presently obscure thinkers. In many cases, the Dictionary of Modern American Philosophers offers the first scholarly treatment of the life and work of certain writers. This book will be an indispensable reference work for scholars working on almost any aspect of modern American thought.

Author : Carlin Romano
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 690 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-23
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780345804709

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America the Philosophical by Carlin Romano Pdf

This bold, insightful book argues that America today towers as the most philosophical culture in the history of the world, an unprecedented marketplace for truth and debate. With verve and keen intelligence, Carlin Romano—Pulitzer Prize finalist, award-winning book critic, and professor of philosophy—takes on the widely held belief that the United States is an anti-intellectual country. Instead he provides a richly reported overview of American thought, arguing that ordinary Americans see through phony philosophical justifications faster than anyone else, and that the best of our thinkers ditch artificial academic debates for fresh intellectual enterprises. Along the way, Romano seeks to topple philosophy’s most fiercely admired hero, Socrates, asserting that it is Isocrates, the nearly forgotten Greek philosopher who rejected certainty, whom Americans should honor as their intellectual ancestor. America the Philosophical is a rebellious tour de force that both celebrates our country’s unparalleled intellectual energy and promises to bury some of our most hidebound cultural clichés.

Author : S. Kay Toombs
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789401005364

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Handbook of Phenomenology and Medicine by S. Kay Toombs Pdf

Some of the authors who have contributed to this volume are philosophers, some are engaged in other academic disciplines, and several are practicing healthcare professionals. Their essays demonstrate that because phenomenology provides extraordinary insights into many of the issues that are directly addressed within the world of medicine it can be an invaluable practical tool, not only for those who are interested in the philosophy of medicine, but for all healthcare professionals who are actively engaged in the care of the sick.

Author : Jean De Groot
Publisher : CUA Press
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2004-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780813213811

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Nature in American Philosophy (Studies in Philosophy and the History of Philosophy, Volume 42) by Jean De Groot Pdf

With its focus on philosophy of nature, this book fills a gap in the ongoing reassessment of nineteenth-century American philosophy, and it opens the way to further study of the role played by reflection on nature in the emergence of the American mind.

Author : Dermot Moran
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1404 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2008-10-27
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781134424023

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The Routledge Companion to Twentieth Century Philosophy by Dermot Moran Pdf

The twentieth century was one of the most significant and exciting periods ever witnessed in philosophy, characterized by intellectual change and development on a massive scale. The Routledge Companion to Twentieth Century Philosophy is an outstanding authoritative survey and assessment of the century as a whole. Featuring twenty-two chapters written by leading international scholars, this collection is divided into five clear parts and presents a comprehensive picture of the period for the first time: major themes and movements logic, language, knowledge and metaphysics philosophy of mind, psychology and science phenomenology, hermeneutics, existentialism, and critical theory politics, ethics, aesthetics. Featuring annotated further reading and a comprehensive glossary, The Routledge Companion to Twentieth Century Philosophy is indispensable for anyone interested in philosophy over the last one hundred years, suitable for both expert and novice alike.