What are some good american philosophers? All the great philosophers

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2016-12-30 12:09:07 Post No. 8903723
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Anonymous 2016-12-30 12:09:07 Post No. 8903723 [Report]

What are some good american philosophers? All the great philosophers i read were from Europe and i want to know if america has a philosophical tradition to speak of?

Anonymous 2016-12-30 12:10:34 Post No.8903733
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Anonymous 2016-12-30 12:10:34 Post No.8903733 [Report]

>>8903723
Kripke
Putnam
Quine

Anonymous 2016-12-30 12:12:19 Post No.8903740
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Anonymous 2016-12-30 12:12:19 Post No.8903740 [Report]

>>8903723
Sam Hyde

Anonymous 2016-12-30 06:53:22 Post No.8904881
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Anonymous 2016-12-30 06:53:22 Post No.8904881 [Report]

>>8903723
Vol. 8 of Copleston's History of Philosophy describes the development of american philosophy.

Anonymous 2016-12-30 06:58:26 Post No.8904909
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Anonymous 2016-12-30 06:58:26 Post No.8904909 [Report]

It's all analytical garbage so why bother.

Anonymous 2016-12-30 06:58:39 Post No.8904911
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Anonymous 2016-12-30 06:58:39 Post No.8904911 [Report]

>>8903723
The Transcendentalists were a distinctly American philosophical movement. Read Emerson, Thoreau etc.

Also look into the Pragmatists like William James and John Dewey.

Anonymous 2016-12-30 06:58:44 Post No.8904912
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Anonymous 2016-12-30 06:58:44 Post No.8904912 [Report]

Pragmatism:
Charles Sanders Peirce
William James
John Dewey

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>>8903723
Philosopher.
Neuroscientist.
Political theorist.
Professional debater.
Genius.

Anonymous 2016-12-30 07:08:27 Post No.8904958
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Anonymous 2016-12-30 07:08:27 Post No.8904958 [Report]

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here are some off the top of my head, some are the hardcore analytic guys and some wonder over into continental philosophy:
Hubert Dreyfus
Stanley Cavell
Richard Rorty
John Searle
Jerry Fodor
Wilfred Sellars
James Conant
Robert Brandom
Donald Davidson
David Lewis
Paul Boghossian

Anonymous 2016-12-30 07:09:41 Post No.8904965
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Anonymous 2016-12-30 07:09:41 Post No.8904965 [Report]

>>8903723

American "philosophy" - DO YER JERB

Anonymous 2016-12-30 07:34:42 Post No.8905057
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Anonymous 2016-12-30 07:34:42 Post No.8905057 [Report]

Mauricio Beuchotis a mexican philosopher from my home state
He's Hot shit rn

Anonymous 2016-12-30 11:04:04 Post No.8905746
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Anonymous 2016-12-30 11:04:04 Post No.8905746 [Report]

>>8903723
Quine
Rorty
Lewis
Davidson
Armstrong
Putnam
Mellor
Kripke
Sider
Plantinga
Sellars

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