Founders of Constructive Postmodern Philosophy

You Have 0 Item(s) In Cart |

My Account |

Order Status |

Check Out |

Founders of Constructive Postmodern Philosophy
Peirce, James, Bergson, Whitehead, and Hartshorne

Click on image to enlarge

David Ray Griffin - Author
John B. Cobb Jr. - Author
Marcus P. Ford - Author
Pete A. Y. Gunter - Author
Peter Ochs - Author

SUNY series in Constructive Postmodern Thought

N/A
Hardcover - 254 pages

Release Date: December 1992

ISBN10: 0-7914-1333-0
ISBN13: 978-0-7914-1333-3

N/A
Paperback - 254 pages

Release Date: December 1992

ISBN10: 0-7914-1334-9
ISBN13: 978-0-7914-1334-0

Available as a Google eBook for other eReaders and tablet devices. Click icon below...

Summary

"The work is useful, not only for its exploration of the theme of constructive postmodernism, but also for its presentation of the thought of some of the most important nineteenth and twentieth century philosophers. Each thinker is fascinating in his own right, and the chapters bring out intriguing, provocative aspects of the ideas of each with exceptional force and clarity.

"The topic of constructive postmodernism is highly significant, not only because postmodernism is the focus of much current discussion in the humanities and social sciences, but also because it provides a way to focus on some of the deepest questions in the history of philosophical and religious thought." -- Donald A. Crosby, Colorado State University

In presenting Peirce, James, Bergson, Whitehead, and Hartshorne as members of a common and distinctively postmodern trajectory, this book casts the thought of each of them in a new light. It also suggests a new direction for the philosophical community as a whole, now that the various forms of modern philosophy, and even the deconstructive form of postmodern philosophy, are widely perceived to be dead-ends. This new option offers the possibility that philosophy may recover its role as critic and guide within the more general culture, a recovery that is desperately needed in these perilous times.

Table of Contents

Introduction to SUNY Series in Constructive Postmodern Thought
David Ray Griffin

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Constructive Postmodern Philosophy
David Ray Griffin

1. Charles Sanders Peirce
Peter Ochs

2. William James
Marcus P. Ford

3. Henri Bergson
Peter A. Y. Gunter

4. Alfred North Whitehead
John B. Cobb Jr.

5. Charles Hartshorne
David Ray Griffin

Notes on Contributors and Centers

Index

Related Subjects

American Philosophy
Constructive Postmodernism
Metaphysics
Philosophy
Postmodernism

22284/23588(WDE/CL/)

Related Titles


Thinking the Poetic Measure of Justice	The Gift of Touch	How the World Became a Stage	Epistemology	Phenomenology of the Truth Proper to Religion
The Theory of Difference	Earth Summit Ethics	Action and Contemplation	American Philosophy	Marx and Whitehead