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American philosophy volume no. 8
Pub. Date
1997
Edition
2nd ed.
Lexile measure
1450L
Physical Desc
x, 223 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
William James's celebrated lecture on "The Will to Believe" has kindled spirited controversy since the day it was delivered. In this lively reappraisal of that controversy, Father O'Connell contributes some fresh contentions: that James's argument should be viewed against his indebtedness to Pascal and Renouvier; that it works primarily to validate our "over-beliefs"; and most surprising perhaps, that James envisages our "passional nature" as intervening,...
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Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
xi, 277 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
He invented the wood-burning stove and the lightning rod, he wrote Poor Richard's Almanac and The Way to Wealth, and he traveled the world as a diplomat. But it was in politics that Benjamin Franklin made his greatest impact.
Franklin's political writings are full of fascinating reflections on human nature, on the character of good leadership, and on why government is such a messy and problematic business. Drawing together threads in Franklin's writings,...
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Series
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
xv, 233 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Burke examines the philosophies of William James and Charles S. Peirce to determine how certain maxims of pragmatism originated. He contrasts pragmatism as a certain set of beliefs or actions with pragmatism as simply a methodology. He unravels the complex history of this philosophical tradition and discusses contemporary conceptions of pragmatism found in current U.S. political discourse and explains what this quintessentially American philosophy...
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Publisher
World Wisdom
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
xxiii, 297 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Sometime in August of 1913, two Sioux warriors, Old Buffalo and Swift Dog, met with Frances Densmore at a makeshift recording site in McLaughlin, South Dakota. What Old Buffalo and Swift Dog said that day--about life as they knew it before the reservation era began--lives on still in the pages of this fascinating book. Densmore went on to interview numerous Teton (or Lakota) Sioux men and women, and collected their songs as well as stories of their...