In the fourth instalment of my talk on the roots of American Philosophy I give a brief biographical account of the birth of the American philosophy known as Pragmatism and the contributions of its main …
Two Generations of American Philosophy: Part 3
In this third instalment of my talk on the roots of American Philosophy, I give a brief biographical account of Ralph Waldo Emerson and the emergence of New England Transcendentalism. Audio (14 mins) Download
Two Generations of American Philosophy: Part 2
In this second instalment of ‘Two Generations of American Philosophy’ I speak about the Ralph Waldo Emerson and William James as teachers and then give some background history of the early 19th century when New …
Two Generations of American Philosophy: Part 1
Recently I gave a talk about certain aspects of the history of American Philosophy and the contemporary work of Andrew Cohen and his philosophy of Evolutionary Enlightenment. I intend to publish that talk in a …