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Fifteen. Pragmatic Intellectuals
Facing Loss in the Spirit of American Philosophy
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Douglas R. Anderson
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Acknowledgments vii
- Preface ix
- Introduction: Inheritance, Teaching, and the Insane Angels of American Culture: Our Cultural Invisibility 1
- One. Some Preliminary Remarks on the Origins of Pragmatism 19
- Two. Royce, Philosophy, and Wandering: A Job Description 33
- Three. Wilderness as Philosophical Home 50
- Four. Working Certainty and Deweyan Wisdom 65
- Five. Wildness as Political Act 85
- Six. ‘‘After All, He’s Just a Man’’ 94
- Seven. William James and the Wild Beasts of the Philosophical Desert 112
- Eight. John Dewey’s Sensible Mysticism 129
- Nine. ‘‘Born to Run’’ 142
- Ten. Philosophy as Teaching 155
- Eleven. Learning and Teaching 167
- Twelve. Emerson’s Platonizing of American Thought 188
- Thirteen. American Loss in Cavell’s Emerson 206
- Fourteen. Emerson and Kerouac: Grievous Angels of Hope and Loss 221
- Fifteen. Pragmatic Intellectuals 234
- Notes 255
- Bibliography 281
- Index 289
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents v
- Acknowledgments vii
- Preface ix
- Introduction: Inheritance, Teaching, and the Insane Angels of American Culture: Our Cultural Invisibility 1
- One. Some Preliminary Remarks on the Origins of Pragmatism 19
- Two. Royce, Philosophy, and Wandering: A Job Description 33
- Three. Wilderness as Philosophical Home 50
- Four. Working Certainty and Deweyan Wisdom 65
- Five. Wildness as Political Act 85
- Six. ‘‘After All, He’s Just a Man’’ 94
- Seven. William James and the Wild Beasts of the Philosophical Desert 112
- Eight. John Dewey’s Sensible Mysticism 129
- Nine. ‘‘Born to Run’’ 142
- Ten. Philosophy as Teaching 155
- Eleven. Learning and Teaching 167
- Twelve. Emerson’s Platonizing of American Thought 188
- Thirteen. American Loss in Cavell’s Emerson 206
- Fourteen. Emerson and Kerouac: Grievous Angels of Hope and Loss 221
- Fifteen. Pragmatic Intellectuals 234
- Notes 255
- Bibliography 281
- Index 289
