Puritans and Pragmatists

Conkin, Paul

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Author
Conkin, Paul
Publish Date
2006-08-30
Subtitle
Eight Eminent American Thinkers
Book Type
Paperback
Number of Pages
506
Publisher Name
3611
ISBN-10
1932792554
ISBN-13
9781932792553
citemno
275748
Edition
New Ed edition
SKU
9781932792553

Description

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.