Puritans and Pragmatists

Eight Eminent American Thinkers

von Paul Keith Conkin

508 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

• Reihe: Baylor University Press
• ISBN: 9781932792553
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.06.2006
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Longleaf Services on behalf of Baylor University P