1992, ISBN: 9780226763675

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New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1939. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the free endpaper with no other inscription present. Single date on the copyright page and $2.00 flap price. America's … Mehr…

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1939. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the free endpaper with no other inscription present. Single date on the copyright page and $2.00 flap price. America's most eminent philosopher considers the freedom of individuals in its relation to the development of culture and reviews the social principles then being threatened by the rise of totalitarian states. A clean, tight, unmarked copy in a Mylar plastic jacket cover.. Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Octavo., G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1939, University of Chicago Press. New. 1992. Hardcover. 0226763676 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** – – *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened - 222 pages. DESCRIPTION: 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. * * TABLE OF CONTENTS: Introduction * I. 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 * II. 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 * III. Overview * Receptivity, Change and Relevance: Some Hallmarks of Philosophy in America * Index * * REVIEWS: "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 Dewey; the pragmatic theory of experience and truth; theories of freedom, creativity, and the self; Royce's conception of community; or synoptic philosophic visions, Smith always succeeds in uniting a comprehensive understanding of philosophic writings with a sure grasp of their import for human culture and aspiration. It is a great benefit to students of American thought that these papers have now been collected into one volume. "—James Gouinlock, Emory University * * This collection of 11 previously published essays focuses on four main themes that Smith regards as hallmarks of American philosophy: First, the insistence that time, change, and novelty are real; second, the importance of scientific inquiry as a human activity carried out under specific historical conditions; third, the concern to humanize the technological consequences of scientific knowledge by having them subserve rationally articulated purposes; and finally, the importance of a community that transcends simplistic individualism and that eschews stultifying collectivism. In showing how these four form a distinctive view of knowledge and its relationships to human purposes--the American philosophical vision--he not only does justice to the insights of Peirce, James, Royce, and Dewey but clarifies and removes assorted misconceptions about that vision. - Library Journal, University of Chicago Press, 1992<

1992, ISBN: 0226763676

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[EAN: 9780226763675], [SC: 29.82], [PU: University of Chicago], Hardcover, no dust jacket. Signed by author. Very good. 213 pages. This item is at our location in Eugene, Oregon. 213 pp.

1992, ISBN: 9780226763675

Gebundene Ausgabe

University of Chicago, 1992. Hardcover, no dust jacket. Signed by author. Very good. 213 pages. This item is at our location in Eugene, Oregon., University of Chicago, 1992, 0