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Dewey Reconfigured: Essays on Deweyan Pragmatism (review)Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society 36 (4): 579-585. 2000.
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Dewey's naturalized philosophy of spirit and religionIn John Dewey's philosophy of spirit, with the 1897 lecture on Hegel, Fordham University Press. 2010.
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31Dictionary of Modern American Philosophy (edited book)Thoemmes Press. 2005.This is an indispensible reference work for scholars working on almost any aspect of modern American thought. Both academic and non-academic philosophers are represented, as are a large number of female and minority thinkers whose work has been neglected. It includes those intellectuals involved in the development of psychology, pedagogy, sociology, anthropology, education, theology, political science, and several other fields, before these disciplines came to be considered distinct from philoso…Read more
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Introduction : a narrative history of the Metaphysical ClubIn Frank X. Ryan, Brian E. Butler, James A. Good & John R. Shook (eds.), The real Metaphysical Club: the philosophers, their debates, and selected writings from 1870 to 1885, Suny Press, State University of New York. 2019.
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Humanism in the Medieval worldIn Anthony B. Pinn (ed.), The Oxford handbook of humanism, Oxford University Press. 2021.
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Reality is more practical than truth: Rorty on truth versus justificationIn Randall Auxier, Eli Kramer & Krzysztof Piotr Skowroński (eds.), Rorty and Beyond, Lexington Books. 2019.
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1The Bloomsbury encyclopedia of philosophers in America from 1600 to the present (edited book)Bloomsbury Academic. 2016.For scholars working on almost any aspect of American thought, The Bloomsbury Encyclopedia to Philosophers in America presents an indispensable reference work. Selecting over 700 figures from the Dictionary of Early American Philosophers and the Dictionary of Modern American Philosophers, this condensed edition includes key contributors to philosophical thought. From 1600 to the present day, entries cover psychology, pedagogy, sociology, anthropology, education, theology and political science, b…Read more
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1F.C.S. Schiller on Pragmatism and Humanism: Selected Writings, 1891-1939 (edited book)Humanity Books. 2007.The renaissance of pragmatism in recent decades has stimulated renewed study of the classical pragmatists. Until this volume, F. C. S. Schiller was the only major pragmatist from the classical era whose significant writings remained uncollected for renewed scholarly study. The forty-two pieces in this collection represent Schiller's finest writings. They range across a broad spectrum of specific topics: logic and scientific method, meaning and truth, pluralism and monism, personalism and idealis…Read more
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The God debates: a 21st century guide for atheists and believers (and everyone in between)Wiley-Blackwell. 2010._The God Debates_ presents a comprehensive, non-technical survey of the quest for knowledge of God, allowing readers to participate in a debate about the existence of God and gain understanding and appreciation of religion?s conceptual foundations. Explains key arguments for and against God's existence in clear ways for readers at all levels Brings theological debates up to the present with current ideas from modernism, postmodernism, fideism, evidentialism, presuppositionalism, and mysticism Up…Read more
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17Designing New Neurorights: Tasking and Translating Them to All HumanityAmerican Journal of Bioethics Neuroscience 14 (4): 372-374. 2023.As Herrera-Ferrá et al. (2023) carefully explain, the contentious legacy of human rights should not prevent the re-crafting of particular ethico-legal responsibilities and obligations focal to the...
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8Pragmatism: An Annotated Bibliography 1898-1940 (edited book)BRILL. 1998.Designed to fill a large gap in American philosophy scholarship, this bibliography covers the first four decades of the pragmatic movement. It references most of the philosophical works by the twelve major figures of pragmatism: Charles S. Peirce, William James, John Dewey, George H. Mead, F.C.S. Schiller, Giovanni Papini, Giovanni Vailati, Guiseppe Prezzolini, Mario Calderoni, A.W. Moore, John E. Boodin, and C.I. Lewis. It also includes writings of dozens of minor pragmatic writers, along with …Read more
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59This book raises many moral, legal, social, and political, questions related to possible development, in the near future, of an artificial womb for human use. Is ectogenesis ever morally permissible? If so, under what circumstances? Will ectogenesis enhance or diminish women's reproductive rights and/or their economic opportunities? These are some of the difficult and crucial questions this anthology addresses and attempts to answer.
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13Pragmatist Neurophilosophy: American Philosophy and the Brain (edited book)Bloomsbury Academic. 2014.A comprehensive exploration of pragmatic themes emerging from neuroscientific research,illustrating why neurophilosophy should take this advancing pragmatist direction seriously.
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11The dictionary of early American philosophers (edited book)Continuum. 2012.An update to the Dictionary of Modern American Philosophers, this version now includes the those minds dealing in the area of theology.
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16The dictionary of modern American philosophers (edited book)Thoemmes Continuum. 2005.v. 1. A-C -- v. 2. D-J -- v. 3. K-Q -- v. 4. R-Z.
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93Dewey's empirical theory of knowledge and realityVanderbilt University Press. 2000.While previous studies of Dewey's work have taken either a historical or topical focus, Shook offers an innovative, organic approach to understanding Dewey and eloquently shows that Dewey's instrumentalism grew seamlessly out of his idealism. He argues that most current scholarship operates under a mistaken impression of Dewey's early philosophical positions.
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33The God debates: a 21st century guide for atheists and believers (and everyone in between)Wiley-Blackwell. 2010.The God Debates presents a comprehensive, non-technical survey of the quest for knowledge of God, allowing readers to participate in a debate about the ...
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9The God debates: a 21st century guide for atheists and believers (and everyone in between)Wiley-Blackwell. 2010._The God Debates_ presents a comprehensive, non-technical survey of the quest for knowledge of God, allowing readers to participate in a debate about the existence of God and gain understanding and appreciation of religion?s conceptual foundations. Explains key arguments for and against God's existence in clear ways for readers at all levels Brings theological debates up to the present with current ideas from modernism, postmodernism, fideism, evidentialism, presuppositionalism, and mysticism Up…Read more
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40John Dewey's philosophy of spirit, with the 1897 lecture on HegelFordham University Press. 2010.This book shows that, far from repudiating Hegel, Dewey's entire pragmatic philosophy is premised on a "philosophy of spirit" inspired by Hegel's project.
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6Dewey's enduring impact: essays on America's philosopher (edited book)Prometheus Books. 2011.In this collection of essays, written especially for this volume, many of the most prominent scholars on Dewey are inspired to search for that new enlightenment that Dewey himself sought, reconfigured to deal with the pressing problems of our times.
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37Abduction in Cognition and Action: Logical Reasoning, Scientific Inquiry, and Social Practice (edited book)Springer Verlag. 2021.This book gathers together novel essays on the state-of-the-art research into the logic and practice of abduction. In many ways, abduction has become established and essential to several fields, such as logic, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, philosophy of science, and methodology. In recent years this interest in abduction’s many aspects and functions has accelerated. There are evidently several different interpretations and uses for abduction. Many fundamental questions on abduction…Read more
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2Dewey's social philosophy: democracy as educationPalfgrave Macmillan. 2014.Dewey is known for education theories to promote democracy, but what is democracy for? His philosophy advanced democracy as education itself, reaching higher levels of social intelligence. Praising community or promoting rights doesn't get to the heart of Dewey's vision, which seeks everyone's good in a social life that is intelligently lived.
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16The real Metaphysical Club: the philosophers, their debates, and selected writings from 1870 to 1885 (edited book)SUNY Press, State University of New York. 2019.The Metaphysical Club, a gathering of intellectuals in the 1870s associated with Harvard, is widely recognized as the crucible where pragmatism, America's distinctively original philosophy, was refined and proclaimed. Louis Menand's bestseller about the group was a dramatic publishing success. However, only three actual members - Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Charles S. Peirce, and William James - appear in this book, alongside other thinkers such as John Dewey who were never in the Club. The Real …Read more
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16The Possibility of an Empirieist Naturalism: Dewey and SantayanaOverheard in Seville 21 (21): 1-7. 2003.
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