Santayana's Provocative Conception of the Philosophical Life.

The article presents the author's opinion on several ways in which philosopher George Santayana understands philosophy to be a personal, poetic endeavor and how his work on the realm of spirit is more of a philosophy of the personal than the work of the American pragmatists. How Santayana's philosop...

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Publicado en:Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society Vol. 45; no. 4; pp. 579 - 596
Autor principal: ANDERSON, DOUGLAS
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Indiana University Press Fall2009
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Sumario:The article presents the author's opinion on several ways in which philosopher George Santayana understands philosophy to be a personal, poetic endeavor and how his work on the realm of spirit is more of a philosophy of the personal than the work of the American pragmatists. How Santayana's philosophy of the personal is separate from those of the pragmatists and the transcendentalists is explored. The assessments made by philosopher William James on Santayana's honesty are noted. Santayana's concerns about philosophy as it was practiced in 20th century America is discussed by the author.