Presidential Addresses of the American Philosophical Association 1991-2000
Presidential Addresses of the American Philosophical Association 1991-2000

Author: American Philosophical Association

Publisher:

Published: 2013-06-01

Total Pages: 768

ISBN-13: 9780985974817

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Founded in 1900 to promote the exchange of ideas among philosophers, to encourage creative and scholarly activity in philosophy, to facilitate the professional work and teaching of philosophers, and to represent philosophy as a discipline, the American Philosophical Association (APA) has from a few hundred members to more than ten thousand, now being one of the largest philosophical societies in the world and the only American philosophical society not devoted to a single special school or philosophical approach. In 1999, in anticipation of its centennial, the APA authorized philosopher Richard T. Hull to collect and publish the presidential addresses delivered over the course of the first hundred years of the APA. This is the tenth volume in the series, which covers addresses given between 1991 and 2000. Each presidential address is accompanied by a photo and biography of the author , a chronology of the APA, a list of presidents per decade, a list of universities and colleges closely associated with each president, and name and subject indexes. Distinguished philosophers represented in this volume include Annette Baier, Stuart Hampshire, Judith Thompson, Stanley Cavell, Mary Mothersill, Elliott Sober, Martha Nussbaum, and many others. This unique record of the development and leadership of American philosophy during the twentieth century will complement the libraries of both professional philosophers and interested non-professionals and it provides an excellent resource for students and professionals alike to trace the history of special interest areas in philosophy. An eleventh volume of commissioned essays, covering each decade of The Association's first hundred years, is planned. This will include essays that comment on the philosophical trends represented in each of the decades of the APA's first century.

American Philosophical Association Centennial Series
American Philosophical Association Centennial Series

Author: John R. Shook

Publisher:

Published: 2015-06-01

Total Pages: 500

ISBN-13: 9780985974824

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This companion volume to the ten volumes of the Presidential Addresses of the American Philosophical Association 1901-2000 offers both a retrospective and introspective survey of presidential addresses delivered to the APA during the twentieth century. It documents and analyzes the extraordinary diversity of philosophical thought, as well as the maturation and professionalization of philosophy as a discipline in American academia.The first ten chapters each focus on one decade of the twentieth century, pointing out prominent topics and common themes, and discussing the philosophical schools and movements that informed them. The next nine chapters are topical essays, each centering on a philosophical issue or area. Of special interest is Nicholas Rescher's chapter on the way the possibility of philosophical progress was a frequent matter raised for discussion in presidential addresses.

Presidential Addresses of the American Philosophical Association, 1951-1960
Presidential Addresses of the American Philosophical Association, 1951-1960

Author: American Philosophical Association

Publisher:

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 738

ISBN-13:

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The American Philosophical Association (APA) was founded in 1900 topromote the exchange of ideas among philosophers, to encouragecreative and scholarly activity in philosophy, to facilitate theprofessional work and teaching of philosophers, and to representphilosophy as a discipline. Having grown from a few hundred membersto over 10,000, the American Philosophical Association is one of thelargest philosophical societies in the world and the only Americanphilosophical society not devoted to a particular school or philosophicalapproach. In 1999, in anticipation of its centennial, the APA authorisedphilosopher Richard T Hull to begin collecting and publishing thepresidential addresses delivered over the course of the twentiethcentury.

Presidential Addresses of the American Philosophical Association 1901-1910
Presidential Addresses of the American Philosophical Association 1901-1910

Author: Frank Thilly

Publisher:

Published: 2013-06-01

Total Pages: 390

ISBN-13: 9780985974749

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The American Philosophical Association was founded in 1900 to promote the exchange of ideas among philosophers, to encourage creative and scholarly activity in philosophy, to facilitate the professional work and teaching of philosophers, and to represent philosophy as a discipline. Having grown from a few hundred members to over 10,000, the American Philosophical Association is one of the largest philosophical societies in the world and the only American philosophical society not devoted to a particular school or philosophical approach. This volume contains the presidential addresses given during the first decade, including works by William James and John Dewey, along with biographies and photographs of the APA presidents, a list of their birthplaces, a chronology of the APA, a list of presidents per decade, a list of universities and colleges closely associated with each president, and name and subject indices.

Confines of Democracy
Confines of Democracy

Author: Ramón del Castillo

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2015-07-14

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 9004301208

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The topics addressed by Richard J. Bernstein in his extensive and illuminating work span the stream of contemporary thought in several directions: ethics, politics, epistemology, philosophy of history, and social theory. In reflecting on them Bernstein has played an intermediary role between the most recognizable product of American philosophical tradition, i.e. Pragmatism, and such central trends in European 20th century thought as Marxism, Psychoanalysis, Critical Theory, and Hermeneutics. In this volume a host of prominent scholars from the United States, Europe, and Latin America pays tribute to Bernstein’s lifelong reflection on such present human problems as: the achievements and the dilemmas of modern societies, the legitimation crisis of democracy, the uses and abuses of public space, the role of scientific knowledge and technology in shaping the modern life, the ethical and political interplay between identity and community, and the preconditions and limits of understanding in multicultural contexts. The fifteen essays in this book, accompanied by separate replies by Bernstein, are organized in four sections: “Bernstein, Rorty and American Pragmatism,” “Epistemology and Hermeneutics,” “Good, Evil and Judgment,” and “Democratic Vistas.” As Prof. Bernstein declares in his Preface, these “contributions are expressions of my own commitment to engaged fallibilistic pluralism.”

Presidential Addresses of the American Philosophical Association, 1931-1940
Presidential Addresses of the American Philosophical Association, 1931-1940

Author: Richard Hull

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2001-10-17

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780792360438

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Like the first three volumes in this series, this text contains the record of leaders of this philosophical society during a decade in the 20th century. Along with the addresses delivered before the Association's meetings during the years of the Great Depression, the collection provides an image and biographical sketch of the past presidents of the three divisions of the Association who served during the period 1931-1940. Included is the first English publication of one of the lost presidents of the Western Division, Charles Bruce Vibbert. While some other works are now appearing that contain some biographical facts and brief characterizations of the lives and works of some of the past presidents of The APA, this volume and its companions in the American Philosophical Association Centennial Series presents the full array of individuals who served the organization as its presidents.

William James at the Boundaries
William James at the Boundaries

Author: Francesca Bordogna

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2008-12

Total Pages: 393

ISBN-13: 0226066525

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At Columbia University in 1906, William James gave a highly confrontational speech to the American Philosophical Association (APA). He ignored the technical philosophical questions the audience had gathered to discuss and instead addressed the topic of human energy. Tramping on the rules of academic decorum, James invoked the work of amateurs, read testimonials on the benefits of yoga and alcohol, and concluded by urging his listeners to take up this psychological and physiological problem. What was the goal of this unusual speech? Rather than an oddity, Francesca Bordogna asserts that the APA address was emblematic—it was just one of many gestures that James employed as he plowed through the barriers between academic, popular, and pseudoscience, as well as the newly emergent borders between the study of philosophy, psychology, and the “science of man.” Bordogna reveals that James’s trespassing of boundaries was an essential element of a broader intellectual and social project. By crisscrossing divides, she argues, James imagined a new social configuration of knowledge, a better society, and a new vision of the human self. As the academy moves toward an increasingly interdisciplinary future, William James at the Boundaries reintroduces readers to a seminal influence on the way knowledge is pursued.