Preface Introduction: Armen T. Marsoobian (Southern Connecticut State University) and John Ryder (State University of New York) Part I: Historical Traditions: 1. Early American Philosophy: John Ryder (State University of New York) 2. Idealism in American Thought: Douglas Anderson (Pennsylvania State University) 3. The First Pragmatists: Joseph Margolis (Temple University) 4. Naturalism: Michael Eldridge (University of North Carolina at Charlotte) Part II: Major Figures in American Philosophy: 5. Charles S. Peirce: Vincent Colapietro (Pennsylvania State University) 6.
William James: William Gavin (University of Southern Maine) 7. Josiah Royce: Frank M. Oppenheim, S.J. (Xavier University) 8. George Santayana: Herman Saatkamp (Indiana University and Purdue University) 9. John Dewey: Larry A. Hickman (Southern Illinois University at Carbondale) 10.
George Herbert Mead: Mitchell Aboulafia (University of Colorado at Denver) 11. Jane Addams: Cherlene Haddock Seigfried (Purdue University) 12. W. E. B. DuBois: Shannon Sullivan (Pennsylvania State University) 13. Alfred North Whitehead: John W. Lango (City University of New York, Hunter College) 14.
Clarence Irving Lewis: Sandra B. Rosenthal (Loyola University New Orleans) 15. Susanne K. Langer: Richard E. Hart (Bloomfield College) 16. W. V. Quine: Peter Manicas (University of Hawaii at Manoa) 17.
Alain Locke: Leonard Harris (Purdue University) 18. Justus Buchler: Kathleen Wallace (Hofstra University) Part III: Major Themes in American Philosophy: 19. Community and Democracy: James Campbell (University of Toledo) 20. Knowledge and Action: American Epistemology: Scott L. Pratt (University of Oregon) 21. Religion: William Dean (The Iliff School of Theology) 22. Education: Nicholas C. Burbules (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Bryan Warnick, Timothy McDonough (Salve Regina University), Scott Johnston (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) 23.
Art and Aesthetics: Armen T. Marsoobian (Southern Connecticut State University) Epilogue 24. The Renaissance of American Philosophy at the Beginning of a New Century: John J. McDermott (Texas A&M University) Index.