| Description |
viii, 358 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Prologue: Philosophy, science, and civilization -- The legacy of Locke: intuition versus enthusiasm -- Jonathan Edwards: the doctrine of necessity and the sense of the heart -- "We hold these truths to be self-evident" -- Transcendentalism: "Hallelujah to the reason forevermore" -- Ralph Waldo Emerson: overseer of the oversoul -- Chauncey Wright: empiricist philosopher of evolutionary science -- Charles Peirce: pragmatist and metaphysician -- William James: pragmatism and the whole man -- Josiah Royce: science, Christianity, and absolute idealism -- George Santayana: sage of materialism -- John Dewey: rebel against dualism -- Epilogue: In retrospect, and in candor. |
| Subject |
Philosophy, American -- History.
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Philosophy -- history -- United States.
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| ISBN |
0195015193 |
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