| Description |
xxx, 275 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies. |
| Contents |
Preface : philosophy in America / John Rajchman. I. Introduction. Solidarity or objectivity? / Richard Rorty -- After empiricism / Hilary Putnam -- Subjective and objective / Thomas Nagel -- Dewey, democracy : the task ahead of us / Richard J. Bernstein. II. Literary culture. Philosophy as/and/of literature / Arthur C. Danto -- Emerson, Coleridge, Kant / Stanley Cavell -- The pragmatics of contemporary Jewish culture / Harold Bloom. III. Science. On the very idea of a conceptual scheme / Donald Davidson -- Styles of scientific reasoning / Ian Hacking -- Mathematical versus experimental traditions in the development of physical science / Thomas S. Kuhn. IV. Moral theory. A Kantian conception of equality / John Rawls -- Contractualism and utilitarianism / T.M. Scanlon -- Revolutionary action today / Sheldon S. Wolin. Afterword : the politics of American neo-pragmatism / Cornel West. |
| Subject |
Philosophy, American -- 20th century.
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Philosophy, American. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Philosophy.
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Philosophy. |
| Indexed Term |
American philosophy - Texts - Collections |
| Added Author |
Rajchman, John.
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West, Cornel.
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| ISBN |
0231060661 alkaline paper |
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9780231060660 alkaline paper |
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023106067X paperback |
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9780231060677 paperback |
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