Puritans and Pragmatists - Paul Conkin

Puritans and Pragmatists

Eight Eminent American Thinkers

(Autor)

Buch | Hardcover
505 Seiten
2020
Baylor University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4813-1463-3 (ISBN)
53,55 inkl. MwSt
Eight brilliant American thinkers - Edwards, Franklin, John Adams, Emerson, Peirce, William James, Dewey, and Santayana - are the subject of this widely admired book by one of America's foremost writers of intellectual history. The author finds a degree of continuity and underlying unity in the varied and idiosyncratic thoughts of these men.
Eight brilliant and original American thinkers – Edwards, Franklin, John Adams, Emerson, Peirce, William James, Dewey, and Santayana – are the subject of this widely admired book by one of America's foremost writers of intellectual history. In this study, the author finds a degree of continuity and some elements of underlying unity in the varied and idiosyncratic thoughts of these men. Instead of superficial similarities, he emphasizes a common moral tenor, an instrumental conception of knowledge, and a broad, ethical conception of art.

Paul K. Conkin is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Vanderbilt University.

Preface to the New Edition
Chapter I
The Puritan Prelude
God and Man
Morals and Society
Spirit and Matter
Part One: Diverse Puritans
Chapter II
Jonathan Edwards: Theology
Ultimate Concerns
The Great Awakening and Affectionate Religion
The Battle against Arminianism
Chapter III
Benjamin Franklin: Science and Morals
Career and Character
Natural Science
Moral Science
Chapter IV
John Adams: Politics
Portrait of an Enlightened Puritan
In Defense of Liberty
The Republican Idea
Part Two: In Transition
Chapter V
Ralph Waldo Emerson: Poet-Priest
The Early Pilgrimage
Self-Reliance
Philosophy
Intellect and Art
Part Three: Three Pragmatists
Chapter VI
Charles S. Peirce
Life
Signs and Relations
Inquiry and the Pragmatic Test
The categories and Realism
Scientific Metaphysics
Axiology and Religion
Chapter VII
William James
The Courageous Pilgrimage
Psychology
Voluntarism
In Pursuit of an Ontology
Pragmatism
Practical Concerns
Chapter VIII
John Dewey
The Long Pathway to Naturalism
The Metaphysical Framework
Epistemology
Value
Philosophy in Action
Part Four: In Retreat
Chapter IX
George Santayana
Life
The Metaphysical Foundation
Epistemology
Axiology
Politics and Art
Religion
A Reading Guide
Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo hardcover does not include jacket
Verlagsort Waco
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Religionsgeschichte
Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie der Neuzeit
Religion / Theologie Christentum Gebete / Lieder / Meditationen
Religion / Theologie Christentum Kirchengeschichte
ISBN-10 1-4813-1463-7 / 1481314637
ISBN-13 978-1-4813-1463-3 / 9781481314633
Zustand Neuware
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