Nature in American philosophy

"This book collects essays by leading scholars, both American and European, on the American understanding of nature from Emerson to Dewey and beyond. The volume features essays on Emerson and Thoreau, Royce, Peirce, Wright, James, Holmes, Tocqueville, and Dewey. Topics include the role of natur...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: De Groot, Jean (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press c2004.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Studies in philosophy and the history of philosophy ; v. 42.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b30917062*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The colors of the spirit : Emerson and Thoreau on nature and the self / Russell B. Goodman
  • The world beyond our mountains : nature in the philosophy of Josiah Royce / John Clendenning
  • Sense-critical realism : a transcendental-pragmatic interpretation of C.S. Peirce's theory of reality and truth / Karl-Otto Apel
  • Homegrown positivism : Charles Darwin and Chauncey Wright / Jean de Groot
  • William James and German naturalism / Stefano Poggi
  • C.S. Peirce's reclamation of teleology / Vincent Colapietro
  • Nature and fact in Tocqueville's Democracy in America / Harvey C. Mansfield
  • Holmes on natural law / Robert P. George
  • Dewey's metaphysics of existence / Joseph Margolis
  • Perspectives on nature in American thought / Nicholas Rescher.