American Philosophies An Anthology

Name: American Philosophies An Anthology
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ISBN: 9780631210023

ISBN-10: 0631210024

ISBN-13: 9780631210023

Edition: 2002

Authors: Leonard Harris, Scott L. Pratt, Anne S. Waters

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This anthology promotes a new vision: American Philosophy as complex and constantly changing, enlivened by historically marginalized, yet never silent, voices. The readings provide a sense of the history and context of sophisticated, ongoing philosophical arguments. Some of the pressing questions considered are: bull; bull;What should be the future of all persons, particularly Americans? bull;What does it mean to be native, African, or of European heritage in America, in relation to the aims of humanity? bull;What type of community is warranted given the reality of a vast array of competing interests, cultures, and ideals? bull;What moral commitments and duties should we have to strangers…

Book details

List price: $75.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/21/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 6.70" wide x 9.70" long x 1.36" tall
Weight: 1.738
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction


Prolegomenon to a Tradition: What is American Philosophy




Origin and Teleology



Letter to the Taino/Arawak Indians, 1493 (King Ferdinand of Aragon)



Speeches




How the World Began




The Interesting Narrative




A History of New York




Nature




Minds and Selves



Impressions of an Indian Childhood




Of Being and Original Sin




Principles of Psychology




Self-Consciousness, Social Consciousness and Nature




Our Brains and What Ails Them




Race




The Genesis of the Self and Social Control




Knowledge and Inquiry



Knowledge




An Introduction to the Study of Phylosophy Wrote in America for the Use of a Young Gentleman




What Pragmatism Is




The Supremacy of Method




The Practice of Philosophy




An American Urphilosophie




Community and Power



Traditional History of the Confederacy of the Six Nations (Committee of the Chiefs)



Account of My Life




The Federalist Papers




Observations on the New Constitution




Slavery and Freedom



The Pueblo Revolt, 1680




Fourth of July Address at Reidsville, New York, 1854




Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World, 1829




Prejudice Against People of Color, and Our Duties in Relation to this Subject




Civil Disobedience




Oration, Delivered in Corinthian Hall, Rochester, July 5, 1852




Women versus the Indian




Democracy and Utopia



Male Continence




Democratic Vistas




Newer Ideals of Peace




Anarchism: What It Really Stands For




What to Do and How to Do It




What the Indian Means to America (Luther Standing Bear)



Our Democracy and the American Indian




Cultural Pluralism



Index