A history of philosophy in America, 1720-2000 / Bruce Kuklick.

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Kuklick, Bruce, 1941-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Clarendon Press, 2001.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 326 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

1423767373
9781423767374
0198250312
9780198250319
9780191597893
0191597899
1282199285
9781282199286
9786610446025
6610446024
0191520187
9780191520181

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: History of philosophy in America, 1720-2000.DDC classification:

191 22

LOC classification:

B851 .K85 2001eb

Other classification:

08.20
B851.K85 2001

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Contents:

PART I: SPECULATIVE THOUGHT IN AMERICA, 1720-1868: Calvinism and Jonathan Edwards -- Philosophy and politics -- Theological dispute -- Collegiate philosophy -- Innovative amateurs -- PART II: THE AGE OF PRAGMATISM, 1859-1934: The shape of revolution -- The consensus on idealism, 1870-1900 -- Pragmatism in Cambridge -- Pragmatism in Harvard -- Instrumentalism in Chicago and New York -- PART III: PROFESSIONAL PHILOSOPHY, 1912-2000: Professional realism -- Europe's impact on the United States -- Harvard and Oxford -- The tribulations of professional philosophy. -- Conclusion.

Summary: Historian Bruce Kuklick tells the story of the growth of philosophical thinking in the USA, in the context of the intellectual and social changes of the times.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Historian Bruce Kuklick tells the story of the growth of philosophical thinking in the USA, in the context of the intellectual and social changes of the times.

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