Books in the Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy series

An exposition of the birth and consistent growth of Dewey's commitment to an idealistic theory of knowledge in the context of a naturalistic empiricism.

In this contribution to moral theory, Todd Lekan argues for a pragmatist conception of morality as an evolving, educational and fallible practice. Drawing on the work of John Dewey, he asserts that moral norms are not timeless truths or subjective whims, but habits transmitted through practices.

In this work, Patrick Shade makes a strong argument for the necessity of hope in a cynical world that too often rejects it as foolish. Using a variety of examples, he presents a theory rooted in the pragmatic thought of such American philosophers as C.S. Peirce, William James and John Dewey.