Recovering Benjamin Franklin: An Exploration of a Life of Science and Service
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| Rating | : | 4.34 (910 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0812693876 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 324 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-07-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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James Campbell is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toledo. He is the author of UNDERSTANDING JOHN DEWEY (Open Court, 1995), winner of the Choice Outstanding Academic Book award, and THE COMMUNITY
"wonderful sense of the period" according to A Customer. Campbell, a professor of philosophy at the University of Toledo, is one of America's foremost experts on the development of the philosophy of pragmatism. In this book, he has carried his studies on that development into what one may call its fetal period -- the pre-pragmatism of Ben Franklin. The essential insight of. providing a great argument for recessing the definition of philosophy Daymon W. Nicholas fast service, the book is interesting, providing a great argument for recessing the definition of philosophy.
In this work, the author attempts to define Benjamin Franklin's role as a philosopher. The book lays out in detail Franklin's ideas in four areas: science, religion, morality and politics; ultimately concluding that Franklin should be considered an early figure in the Pragmatist movement.
At last, an impeccably researched, thoughtfully and cogently presented version of the work and person of Benjamin Franklin as an originating thinker in the American tradition of philosophical pragmatism. -- John McDermott, Texas A&M UniversityCampbell's learned, balanced book is the first to do justice to Franklin as a philosopher. -- John Lachs, Vanderbilt University. The splendid portrait it paints leaves one in awe of Franklin's intellect and deeply appreciative of Campbell's vivid account of it