Philosophy in Experience by Richard E. Hart PAPERBACK 9780823216314

Philosophy in ExperienceAmerican Philosophy in Transition\nAuthor(s): Richard E. Hart, Douglas R. Anderson\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Fordham University Press, United States\nImprint: Fordham University Press\nISBN-13: 9780823216314, 978-0823216314\nSynopsis\nThis collection of essays aims to mark a place for American philosophy as it moves into the twenty-first century. Taking their cue from the work of Peirce, James, Santayana, Dewey, Mead, Buchler, and others, the contributors assess and employ philosophy as an activity taking place within experience and culture. Within the broad background of the American tradition, the essays reveal a variety of approaches to the transition in which American philosophy is currently engaged. Some of the pieces argue from an historical dialogue with the tradition, some are more polemically involved with American philosophy's current status among the contemporary philosophical \""schools,\"" and still others seek to reveal the possibilities for t.