American Philosophy: An Encyclopedia
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Topics covered include:
Great philosophers: Emerson, Dewey, James, Royce, Peirce, Santayana
Subjects: Pragmatism, Progress, the Future, Knowledge, Democracy, Growth, Truth
Influences on American Philosophy: Hegel, Aristotle, Plato, British Enlightenment, Reformation
Self-Assessments: Joe Margolis, Donald Davidson, Susan Haack, Peter Hare, John McDermott, Stanley Cavell
Ethics: Value, Pleasure, Happiness, Duty, Judgment, Growth
Political Philosophy: Declaration of Independence, Democracy, Freedom, Liberalism, Community, Identity
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John Lachs is Centennial Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University. He received his Ph. D. from Yale University in 1961. He taught at the College of William and Mary for eight years before moving to Vanderbilt. He is the author of Intermediate Man (1981), In love with Life (1998), Mind and Philosophers (1987), the Relevance of Philosophy to Life (1995), and A Community of Individuals (2003).
Robert B. Talisse is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University. He earned his Ph. D. from City University of New York in 2001. He is the author of dozens of articles and two books, Democracy After Liberalism (2005) and A Pragmatist Philosophy of Democracy (2007).
