Description |
xiv, 265 pages ; 22 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Contents |
1. Mind of America: Coherence and correspondence in American thought -- Philosopher and the metropolis in America -- Two studies of William James: some problems of philosophical biography -- Revolt against formalism in American social thought of the twentieth century -- A note in defense of historicism -- Anti-intellectualism in America -- 2. Pragmatism and analytic philosophy: Pragmatism and the scope of science -- Logical positivism and the pragmatism of William James -- Analytic and the synthetic: an untenable dualism -- Experiment and necessity in Dewey's philosophy -- Value and obligation in Dewey and Lewis -- 3. Philosophy and civilization: [1.] Nature of philosophy: New horizons in philosophy -- [2.] Impact of science on philosophy: Darwin, Marx, and materialism -- Social Darwinism and Dewey's pragmatism -- [3.] Historical knowledge: E.H. Carr on the nature of history -- Richard Hofstadter on the progressive historians -- [4.] Education: Edgar Z. Friedenberg's philosophy of education -- University in transition - [5.] Religion: Reinhold Niebuhr on the irony of American history -- Advocacy and objectivity in religious education -- Jacques Maritain: philosopher in the service of his church -- [6.] In praise of civilized men: Open mind of Robert Oppenheimer -- John Dewey: a great philosopher of education -- A tribute to Harry Austryn Wolfson -- Later years of George Santayana -- Memories of G.E. Moore. |
Subject |
Pragmatism.
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Pragmatism. |
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Philosophy, American.
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Philosophy, American. |
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United States -- Intellectual life.
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United States. |
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Intellectual life. |
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Pragmatisme. |
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Philosophie américaine. |
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Pragmatisme. |
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Filosofie. |
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FilosofĂa americana -- Discursos, ensayos, conferencias
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ISBN |
0195016238 |
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9780195016239 |
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