Frontiers in American Philosophy

By Herman J. Saatkamp Jr.

This second volume arising from the Frontiers in American Philosophy Conference held at Texas AandM University is "festive, celebrating the diversity of thought and influences in American philosophy," say its editors. In these thirty-six essays, there is no attempt to define an American ethos; in fact, the editors conclude that, even pragmatism, identified by Tocqueville as America's defining attribute, should not be described as a national philosophy. It is, as Gerard Deledalle notes in his essay, "the new universal philosophy, because it is the philosophy of experience and democracy that is any nation's 'manifest destiny.'"

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1585440027
• ISBN13: 9781585440023
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"