The Blackwell Guide to American Philosophy

Copyright © 2004 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd

The Blackwell Guide to American Philosophy

Editor(s): Armen T. Marsoobian, John Ryder

Published Online: 26 NOV 2007

Print ISBN: 9780631216223

Online ISBN: 9780470996843

DOI: 10.1002/9780470996843

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The Blackwell Guide to American Philosophy offers the most ambitious survey to date of American philosophical thought.


  • Provides a comprehensive history of philosophical thought in America.
  • Brings together 24 newly commissioned essays written by leading scholars in American philosophy.
  • Covers all of the major eighteenth-, nineteenth- and twentieth-century philosophical movements in America including idealism, pragmatism and naturalism.
  • Examines the major figures and themes in American philosophical thought.
  • Includes useful bibliographies.

Table of contents

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      Frontmatter (pages i–xix)

  2. Part I: Historical Traditions

    1. Chapter 1

      Early American Philosophy (pages 3–21)

      John Ryder

    2. Chapter 2

      Idealism in American Thought (pages 22–34)

      Douglas Anderson

    3. Chapter 3

      The First Pragmatists (pages 35–51)

      Joseph Margolis

    4. Chapter 4

      Naturalism (pages 52–71)

      Michael Eldridge

  3. Part II: Major Figures in American Philosophy

    1. Chapter 5

      C. S. Peirce, 1839–1914 (pages 75–100)

      Vincent Colapietro

    2. Chapter 6

      William James, 1842–1910 (pages 101–116)

      William J. Gavin

    3. Chapter 7

      Josiah Royce, 1855–1916 (pages 117–134)

      Frank M. Oppenheim

    4. Chapter 8

      George Santayana, 1863–1952 (pages 135–154)

      Herman J. Saatkamp

    5. Chapter 9

      John Dewey, 1859–1952 (pages 155–173)

      Larry A. Hickman

    6. Chapter 10

      George Herbert Mead, 1863–1931 (pages 174–185)

      Mitchell Aboulafia

    7. Chapter 11

      Jane Addams, 1860–1935 (pages 186–198)

      Charlene Haddock Seigfried

    8. Chapter 12

      W. E. B. Du Bois, 1868–1963 (pages 199–209)

      Shannon Sullivan

    9. Chapter 13

      Alfred North Whitehead, 1861–1947 (pages 210–225)

      John W. Lango

    10. Chapter 14

      C. I. Lewis, 1883–1964 (pages 226–238)

      Sandra B. Rosenthal

    11. Chapter 15

      Susanne K. Langer, 1895–1985 (pages 239–246)

      Richard E. Hart

    12. Chapter 16

      Willard Van Orman Quine, 1908–2000 (pages 247–262)

      Peter T. Manicas

    13. Chapter 17

      Alain L. Locke, 1885–1954 (pages 263–270)

      Leonard Harris

    14. Chapter 18

      Justus Buchler, 1914–1991 (pages 271–286)

      Kathleen Wallace

  4. Part III: Major Themes in American Philosophy

    1. Chapter 19

      Community and Democracy (pages 289–305)

      James Campbell

    2. Chapter 20

      Knowledge and Action: American Epistemology (pages 306–324)

      Scott L. Pratt

    3. Chapter 21

      Religion (pages 325–342)

      William D. Dean

    4. Chapter 22

      Education (pages 343–363)

      Nicholas C. Burbules, Bryan Warnick, Timothy McDonough and Scott Johnston

    5. Chapter 23

      Art and the Aesthetic (pages 364–393)

      Armen T. Marsoobian

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      Epilogue: Editors' Note (pages 395–396)

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      Epilogue: The Renascence of Classical American Philosophy (pages 397–406)

      John J. McDermott

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      Index (pages 407–411)

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