The Blackwell guide to American philosophy

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