The Blackwell guide to American philosophy / edited by Armen T. Marsoobian and John Ryder. - Malden, MA : Blackwell Publishing, 2004. - xix, 411 p. ; 26 cm. - Blackwell philosophy guides 16 .

Includes bibliographical references and index

Cont.: PART I. HISTORICAL TRADITIONS -- Early American philosophy / John Ryder -- Idealism in American thought / Douglas Anderson -- The first pragmatists / Joseph Margolis -- Naturalism / Michael Eldridge -- PART II. MAJOR FIGURES IN AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY -- C.S. Peirce, 1839-1914 / Vincent Colapietro -- William James, 1842-1910 / William J. Gavin -- Josiah Royce, 1855-1916 / Frank M. Oppenheim, SJ -- George Santayana, 1863-1952 / Herman J. Saatkamp, Jr. -- John Dewey, 1859-1952 / Larry A. Hickman -- George Herbert Mead, 1863-1931 / Mitchell Aboulafia -- Jane Addams, 1860-1935 / Charlene Haddock Seigfried -- W.E.B. Du Bois, 1868-1963 / Shannon Sullivan -- Alfred North Whitehead, 1861-1947 / John W. Lango -- C.I. Lewis, 1883-1964 / Sandra B. Rosenthal -- Suzanne K. Langer, 1895-1985 / Richard E. Hart -- Willard Van Orman Quine, 1908-2000 / Peter T. Manicas -- Alain L. Locke, 1885-1953 / Leonard Harris -- Justus Buchler, 1914-1991 / Kathleen Wallace -- PART III. MAJOR THEMES IN AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY -- Community and democracy / James Campbell -- Knowledge and action: American epistemology / Scott L. Pratt -- Religion / William D. Dean -- Education / Nicholas C. Burbules [and others] -- Art and the aesthetic / Armen T. Marsoobian -- Epilogue: The renascence of classical American philosophy / John J. McDermott.

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Philosophy, American