Puritans & Pragmatists By Paul Conkin 9781932792553 (Paperback)

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History of western philosophy

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Wordery

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Baylor university press

Puritans & Pragmatists : 9781932792553 : 30 Aug 2006 : 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.

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