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A contextualistic worldview : essays

Title
A contextualistic worldview : essays / by Lewis E. Hahn.
Author
Hahn, Lewis Edwin, 1908-2004.
Publication
Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2001], ©2001.

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Description
xviii, 187 pages; 24 cm
Summary
"This selection of articles by Lewis E. Hahn addresses the philosophical school of contextualism and four contemporary American philosophers: John Dewey, Henry Nelson Wieman, Stephen C. Pepper, and Brand Blanshard."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-173) and index.
  • "Bibliography of works by Lewis E. Hahn": p. 175-181.
Contents
Introduction: Broadening Our Philosophic Vision -- Pt. 1. Contextualism. 1. Contextualism and Cosmic Evolution-Revolution. 2. Metaphysical Interpretation. 3. Metaphysical Inquiry. 4. Philosophy as Comprehensive Vision. 5. Metaphysical Categories: Of Shoes and Ships and Sealing Wax and Cabbages and Kings. 6. Psychological Data and Philosophical Theory of Perception. 7. Neutral, Indubitable Sense-Data as the Starting Point for Theories of Perception. 8. A Contextualistic View of Experience and Ecological Responsibility. 9. Creating: Solving Problems and Experiencing Afresh. 10. Coping with Change: A Philosophy of Life -- Pt. 2. Modern American Philosophers. 11. John Dewey and Our Time. 12. Dewey's View of Experience and Culture. 13. Wieman's Empiricism. 14. Stephen C. Pepper's World Hypotheses. 15. Brand Blanshard's Worldview. Bibliography of Works by Lewis E. Hahn.
ISBN
0809323311 (alk. paper)
LCCN
00039504
OCLC
  • ocm43952042
  • SCSB-4126092
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries