The Oxford Handbook of American Philosophy

by Misak, Cheryl

• ISBN13: 9780199592470
• ISBN10: 0199592470
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-11-23
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Cheryl Misak presents the first collective study of the development of philosophy in North America, from the 18th century to the end of the 20th century. Twenty-six leading experts examine distinctive features of American philosophy, trace notable themes, and consider the legacy and influence of notable figures. This will be the first reference point for future work on the subject, and a fascinating resource for anyone interested in modern philosophy or American intellectual history.

Author Biography

Cheryl Misak is Professor of Philosophy and Deputy Provost at the University of Toronto

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	p. x
Jonathan Edwards and Eighteenth-Century Religious Philosophy	p. 1
Emerson, Romanticism, and Classical American Pragmatism	p. 19
Peirce and Pragmatism: American Connections	p. 38
William James	p. 60
John Dewey: Inquiry, Ethics, and Democracy	p. 87
Josiah Royce: Idealism, Transcendentalism, Pragmatism	p. 110
George Santayana: Ordinary Reflection Systematized	p. 125
A Pragmatist World View: George Herbert Mead's Philosophy of the Act	p. 144
W. E. B. Du Bois: Double-Consciousness, Jamesian Sympathy, and the Critical Turn	p. 169
The Pragmatist Family Romance	p. 185
The Reception of Early American Pragmatism	p. 197
Whitehead's Metaphysical System	p. 224
Thorstein Veblen and American Social Criticism	p. 235
Pragmatism and the Cold War	p. 254
Pragmatism and the Given: C. I. Lewis, Quine, and Peirce	p. 269
W.V. Quine	p. 290
Philosophy of Science in America	p. 339
The Influence of Wittgenstein on American Philosophy	p. 375
Placing in a Space of Norms: Neo-Sellarsian Philosophy in the Twenty-first Century	p. 403
Rorty, Davidson, and the Future of Metaphysics in America	p. 430
Analytic Philosophy in America	p. 449
Logic and the Foundations of Mathematics	p. 482
Liberal Equality: What, Where, and Why	p. 515
Legal Philosophy in America	p. 551
American Moral Philosophy	p. 578
Essences, Intersections, and American Feminism	p. 595
Name Index	p. 627
Subject Index	p. 639
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