Problems and Renewal in American Philosophy

Author: McCumber, John

Source: Philosophical Studies, Volume 108, Numbers 1-2, March 2002 , pp. 203-211(9)

Publisher: Springer

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Abstract:

Time in the Ditch presents evidence that the politics of the McCarthy Era has distorted American philosophy, both institutionally and intellectually, ever since that time. It proposes a new paradigm, “situating reason,” which is free of those distortions. It is neither an account of the new “golden age” of philosophy outside philosophy departments (as Harding wishes) nor a general history of the rise of analytical philosophy (as Hollinger thinks). I defend myself against Cohen's charges of factual error and historical misreading, and explain mycritical views on the way the history of philosophy is generally taught in the U.S.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1015784719749

Affiliations: 1: Email: jmcc@northwestern.edu

Publication date: 2002-03-01