MacKinnon, Barbara, ed.  American Philosophy:  A Historical Anthology.  Albany:  State University of New York Press, 1985.

Abstract

This anthology demonstrates the richness and diversity of the American intellectual heritage. In it we see how Jonathan Edwards grappled with the problem of how to recocile freedom and responsibility with Calvinst religious beliefs; how Franklin and Jefferson exemplified American enlightenment thought; and how the Transcendentalists, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau, formulated their particular romantic idealist beliefs. A second and significant portion of the anthology is devoted to Pragmatism. Sunstantive excerpts from Peirce, James, and Dewey, as well as Royce, are collected here. A third part is devoted to other Twentieth Century American philosophers. No other collection of writings in this field includes the breadth of coverage that this one does. Among the chapters in this third part of the book are those on early Twentieth Century Realisms and Naturalisms, Process Philosophy, Phenomenology, Positivism, and Language Philosophies. Selections from such philosophers as Whitehead, Weiss, Buchler, Gurwitsch, Sellars, Quine, Davidson, and Rawls, along with many others, are included in this part. A final chapter is devoted to twentieth-century American Moral Philosophy. The book is specifically designed to be used as a text for courses in American philosophy. A substantive introduction that emphasizes the historical setting as well as major interests and ideas of the philosophers accompanies each chapter. Extensive bibliographies and study guide questions follow each chapter. The selections include more than any one course will cover, but in their completeness also allow individual teachers and readers to select what they want.