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Puritans and Pragmatists
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Table of Contents

  • Preface to the New Edition
  • Chapter I
  • The Puritan Prelude
  • God and Man
  • Morals and Society
  • Spirit and Matter
  • Part One: Diverse Puritans
  • Chapter II
  • Jonathan Edwards: Theology
  • Ultimate Concerns
  • The Great Awakening and Affectionate Religion
  • The Battle against Arminianism
  • Chapter III
  • Benjamin Franklin: Science and Morals
  • Career and Character
  • Natural Science
  • Moral Science
  • Chapter IV
  • John Adams: Politics
  • Portrait of an Enlightened Puritan
  • In Defense of Liberty
  • The Republican Idea
  • Part Two: In Transition
  • Chapter V
  • Ralph Waldo Emerson: Poet-Priest
  • The Early Pilgrimage
  • Self-Reliance
  • Philosophy
  • Intellect and Art
  • Part Three: Three Pragmatists
  • Chapter VI
  • Charles S. Peirce
  • Life
  • Signs and Relations
  • Inquiry and the Pragmatic Test
  • The categories and Realism
  • Scientific Metaphysics
  • Axiology and Religion
  • Chapter VII
  • William James
  • The Courageous Pilgrimage
  • Psychology
  • Voluntarism
  • In Pursuit of an Ontology
  • Pragmatism
  • Practical Concerns
  • Chapter VIII
  • John Dewey
  • The Long Pathway to Naturalism
  • The Metaphysical Framework
  • Epistemology
  • Value
  • Philosophy in Action
  • Part Four: In Retreat
  • Chapter IX
  • George Santayana
  • Life
  • The Metaphysical Foundation
  • Epistemology
  • Axiology
  • Politics and Art
  • Religion
  • A Reading Guide
  • Index

About the Author

Paul K. Conkin is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Vanderbilt University.

Reviews

"Conkin's book is a remarkable effort at synthesis and elucidation. The perennial nature of philosophy - nature, mind, reality, values, consciousness, and so forth - reappear in this impressive study of major American thinkers. - JOHN P. DIGGINS, Journal of American History One can immediately grant the honesty and conviction [of this work], but the third quality that impresses the reader...is a highly impressionistic style. - A. OWEN ALDRIDGE, The American Historical Review Paul Conkin's volume is a most extraordinary piece of work. - JOHN HIGHAM, Johns Hopkins University"

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