This anthology demonstrates the richness and diversity of the American intellectual heritage. In it we see how Jonathan Edwards grapples with the problem of how to reconcile freedom and responsibility with Calvinist religious beliefs; how Franklin and Jefferson exemplified American enlightenment thought; and how the Transcendentalists, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau, formulated their particular romantic idealist beliefs. A second and significant portion of the anthology is devoted to Pragmatism. Substantive excerpts from Peirce, James and Dewey, as well as Royce, are collected here. A third part is devoted to other Twentieth-Century American philosophies. No other collection of writings in this field includes the breadth of coverage that this one does. Among the chapters in this third part of the book are those on early Process Philosophy, Phenomenology, Positivism, and Language Philosophies. Selections from such philosophers as Whitehead, Weiss, Buchler, Gurwitsch, Sellars, Quine, Davidson, and Rawls, along with many others are included in this part. A final chapter is devoted to twentieth-century American Moral Philosophy. The book is specifically designed to be used as a text for courses in American philosophy. A substantive introduction that emphasizes the historical setting as well as major interests and ideas of the philosophers accompanies each chapter. Extensive bibliographies and study guide questions follow each chapter. The selections include more than any one course will cover, but in their completeness also allow individual teachers and readers to select what they want.

Table of Contents:
Preface I. Early American Philosophy 1. Puritan Thought Jonathan Edwards Study Questions Bibliography 2. The American Enlightenment Benjamin Franklin Thomas Jefferson Study Questions Bibliography 3. Transcendentalism Ralph Waldo Emerson Henry David Thoreau Study Questions Bibliography II. Classical American Philosophy 4. Evolutionary Thought John Fiske Chauncey Wright John Dewey Study Questions Bibliography 5. Pragmatism Charles Sanders Pierce Study Questions Bibliography 6. The Pragmatism and Metaphysics of C.S. Pierce Study Questions Bibliography 7. The Pragmatism and Radical Empiricism of William James Study Questions Bibliography 8. The Naturalism and Experimentalism of John Dewey Study Questions Bibliography 9. The Idealism and Absolute Pragmatism of Josiah Royce Study Questions Bibliography III. Twentieth Century Philosophy in America 10. Early Twentieth Century Realism & Naturalism Naturalism The New Realism Critical Realism George Santayana Study Questions Bibliography 11. Thomism Bernard Lonergan Anton Pegis Study Questions Bibliography 12. Process Philosophy Alfred North Whitehead Charles Hartshorne Study Questions Bibliography 13. Systematic Metaphysics Justus Buchler Paul Weiss Robert Neville Wilfrid Sellars Study Questions Bibliography 14. Phenomenology Richard Schmitt Aron Gurwitsch Don Idhe Study Questions Bibliography 15. The New Empiricism C. I. Lewis Rudolf Carnap W. V. O. Quine Study Questions Bibliography 16. Language Philosophy John Searle Norman Malcom Donald Davidson Study Questions Bibliography 17. Twentieth Century American Moral Philosophy John Dewey Charles Stevenson Kurt Baier John Rawls Ruth Macklin Study Questions Bibliography Index