American Pragmatism A Religious Genealogy

Name: American Pragmatism A Religious Genealogy
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ISBN: 9780195155471

ISBN-10: 0195155475

ISBN-13: 9780195155471

Edition: 2002

Authors: M. Gail Hamner

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The development of Pragmatism is the most importantuely achievement in the history of American Philosophy. M. Gail Hamner here examines the European roots of the movement in a search for what makes Pragmatism uniquely American. Hamner argues that the inextricably American character of theen Pragmatism of such figures as C.S Peirce and William James lies in its often understated affirmation of America as a uniquely religious country with a God-given mission and a populated by God-fearing citizens. By looking at European and British thinkers whom pragmatists read, Hamner examines how pragmatism's notions of self, nation, and morality were formed in reaction to the work of these thinkers.…

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List price: $120.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/9/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 348
Size: 9.29" wide x 6.42" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Acknowledgments


American Pragmatism


Introduction


Prologue: The "puritan": Mirror of America's Self-Understanding



Evolution of German Psychology



Hermann Von Helmholtz



Wilhelm Wundt



Evolution of Scottish Psychology



William Hamilton



Alexander Bain



Pragmatic Reception of European Psychology



Charles Sanders Peirce



William James


Conclusions: The Mythology of Self and Nation


Notes


Bibliography


Index