Puritans & Pragmatists

Eight Eminent American Thinkers

Häftad, Engelska, 2006

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Eight brilliant and original American thinkers - Edwards, Franklin, John Adams, Emerson, Peirce, William James, Dewey, and Santayana - are the subject of this widely admired book by one of America's foremost writers of intellectual history. In this study, the author finds a degree of continuity and some elements of underlying unity in the varied and idiosyncratic thoughts of these men. Instead of superficial similarities, he emphasizes a common moral tenor, an instrumental conception of knowledge, and a broad, ethical conception of art.

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Utgivningsdatum2006-08-30
Mått152 x 228 x 28 mm
Vikt739 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor505
FörlagBaylor University Press
ISBN9781932792553

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Preface to the New EditionChapter IThe Puritan PreludeGod and ManMorals and SocietySpirit and MatterPart One: Diverse PuritansChapter IIJonathan Edwards: TheologyUltimate ConcernsThe Great Awakening and Affectionate ReligionThe Battle against ArminianismChapter IIIBenjamin Franklin: Science and MoralsCareer and CharacterNatural ScienceMoral ScienceChapter IVJohn Adams: PoliticsPortrait of an Enlightened PuritanIn Defense of LibertyThe Republican IdeaPart Two: In TransitionChapter VRalph Waldo Emerson: Poet-PriestThe Early PilgrimageSelf-ReliancePhilosophyIntellect and ArtPart Three: Three PragmatistsChapter VICharles S. PeirceLifeSigns and RelationsInquiry and the Pragmatic TestThe categories and RealismScientific MetaphysicsAxiology and ReligionChapter VIIWilliam JamesThe Courageous PilgrimagePsychologyVoluntarismIn Pursuit of an OntologyPragmatismPractical ConcernsChapter VIIIJohn DeweyThe Long Pathway to NaturalismThe Metaphysical FrameworkEpistemologyValuePhilosophy in ActionPart Four: In RetreatChapter IXGeorge SantayanaLifeThe Metaphysical FoundationEpistemologyAxiologyPolitics and ArtReligionA Reading GuideIndex

"Conkin's book is a remarkable effort at synthesis and elucidation. The perennial nature of philosophy - nature, mind, reality, values, consciousness, and so forth - reappear in this impressive study of major American thinkers. - JOHN P. DIGGINS, Journal of American History One can immediately grant the honesty and conviction [of this work], but the third quality that impresses the reader...is a highly impressionistic style. - A. OWEN ALDRIDGE, The American Historical Review Paul Conkin's volume is a most extraordinary piece of work. - JOHN HIGHAM, Johns Hopkins University"