America's Philosophical Vision

Name: America's Philosophical Vision
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ISBN: 9780226763682

ISBN-10: 0226763684

ISBN-13: 9780226763682

Edition: 1992

Authors: John E. Smith

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In these previously uncollected essays, Smith argues that American philosophers like Peirce, James, Royce, and Dewey have forged a unique philosophical tradition--one that is rich and complex enough to represent a genuine alternative to the analytic, phenomenological, and hermeneutical traditions which have originated in Britain or Europe. "In my judgment, John Smith has no equal today in combining two scholarly qualities: the analysis of philosophical texts with penetration and rigor, and the discernment of what it is in these texts that matters. These qualities are in evidence throughout the essays in America's Philosophical Vision. Whether he is evaluating Rorty's view of…

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List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 6/15/1992
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 222
Size: 0.60" wide x 0.89" long x 0.06" tall
Weight: 0.770
Language: English

John E. Smith is Emeritus Professor of Applied Microbiology in the Department of Bioscience, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland.



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Experience, Freedom, and the Pragmatic Outlook



The Reconception of Experience in Peirce, James and Dewey



The Pragmatic Theory of Truth: The Typical Objection



Two Defenses of Freedom: Peirce and James



Radical Empiricism



The Reflexive Turn, the Linguistic Turn, and the Pragmatic Outcome



The Critique of Abstractions and the Scope of Reason



Community and the Self



Royce: The Absolute and the Beloved Community Revisited



The Value of Community: Dewey and Royce



Creativity in Royce's Philosophical Idealism



Signs, Selves and Interpretation



Overview



Receptivity, Change and Relevance: Some Hallmarks of Philosophy in America


Index