The Blackwell Guide to American Philosophy

The Blackwell Guide to American Philosophy offers the most ambitious survey to date of American philosophical thought. It provides a comprehensive history of philosophical thought in America. It brings together 24 newly commissioned essays written by leading scholars in American philosophy. It covers all of the major eighteenth-, nineteenth- and twentieth-century philosophical movements in America including idealism, pragmatism and naturalism. It examines the major figures and themes in American philosophical thought. It includes useful bibliographies.