Dictionary of Modern American Philosophers

Names in DMAP that have also have entries in A Companion to American Thought, ed. Fox and Kloppenberg (Oxford: Blackwell, 1995).

 

Adams, Henry (1838-1918) by Howard Horwitz, pp. 9-12.

Addams, Jane (1860-1935) by Jean Bethke Elshtain, pp. 14-16.

Adler, Mortimer (1902- ) p. 16.

Agassiz, Louis (1807-1873) pp. 18-19.

Alcott, Amos Bronson (1799-1888) p. 20.

Anthony, Susan B. (1830-1906) pp. 30-31.

Arendt, Hannah (1906-1975) by Robert B. Westbrook, pp. 40-41.

Babbit, Irving (1865-1933) by J. David Hoeveler, Jr., pp. 53-54.

Baraka, Amiri (LeRoi Jones) (1934- ) by James Smethurst, pp. 56-57.

Beard, Charles A. (1874-1948) by John L. Recchiuti, pp. 59-60.

Beard, Mary R. (1876-1958) by Nancy F. Cott, pp. 60-62.

Becker, Carl (1873-1945) p. 64.

Beecher, Catharine (1800-1878) by Kathyrn K. Sklar, pp. 64-66.

Beecher, Henry Ward (1813-1887) by Richard W. Fox, pp. 66-68.

Bell, Daniel (1919- ) by Howard Brick, pp. 70-71.

Bellamy, Edward (1850-1898) by Robert B. Westbrook, pp. 71-72.

Benedict, Ruth F. (1887-1948) by Julia E. Liss, pp. 74-75.

Bernstein, Richard J. (1932- ) pp. 75-76.

Black Elk (1863-1950) by Raymond J. Demallie, pp. 79-81.

Blackwell, Antoinette (1825-1921) p. 81.

Boas, Franz (1858-1942) by Julia E. Liss, pp. 81-83.

Bourne, Randolph S. (1886-1918) by Casey Blake, pp. 85-87.

Brandeis, Louis D. (1856-1941) by William E. Forbath, pp. 87-89.

Breckinridge, Sophonisba (1866-1948) p. 89.

Brooks, Van Wyck (1886-1963) by Casey Blake, pp. 89-91.

Brownson, Orestes A. (1803-1876) by Christopher Lasch, pp. 91-92.

Buckley, William F., Jr. (1925- ) by J. David Hoeveler, Jr., pp. 92-94.

Burke, Kenneth (1897-1993) by William E. Cain, pp. 94-95.

Burnham, James (1905-1987) pp. 95-96.

Bushnell, Horace (1802-1876) p. 96.

Cage, John (1912-1992) p. 97.

Cardozo, Benjamin (1870-1938) p. 100.

Carnap, Rudolf (1891-1970) p. 101-102.

Carson, Rachel (1907-1964) by Daniel Worster, pp. 102-103.

Cavell, Stanley (1926- ) by G. Scott Davis, pp. 110-111.

Child, Lydia (1802-1880) by Lori J. Kenschaft, pp. 114-115.

Chomsky, Noam (1928- ) by Alexander George, pp. 117-118.

Clark, John Bates (1847-1938) p. 129.

Cohen, Morris (1880-1947) p. 132.

Commons, John Rogers (1862-1945) p. 137.

Conant, James B. (1893-1978) p. 140.

Cooley, Charles H. (1864-1929) p. 146.

Croly, Herbert (1869-1930) by David W. Levy, pp. 156-158.

Day, Dorothy (1897-1980) by Mel Piehl, pp. 168-170.

Debs, Eugene (1855-1926) p. 170.

Dewey, John (1859-1952) by Robert B. Westbrook, pp. 177-179.

Douglas, William O. (1898-1980) p. 184.

Douglass, Federick (1818-1895) by David W. Blight, pp. 184-186.

Draper, John W. (1811-1882) p. 186.

Du Bois, W. E. B. (1868-1963) by Thomas C. Holt, pp. 187-190.

Dubos, René (1901-1982) p. 190.

Durant, William J. (1885-1981) p. 90.

Eastman, Crystal (1881-1928) p. 91.

Eastman, Max (1883-1969) by John P. Diggins, pp. 191-192.

Eddy, Mary Baker (1821-1910) by Ann Braude, pp. 192-194.

Eliot, Thomas S. (1888-1965) by Richard Shusterman, pp. 201-202.

Ely, Richard T. (1854-1943) p. 204.

Emerson, Ralph W. (1803-1882) by Lawrence A. Rosenwald, pp. 204-207.

Erikson, Erik (1902-1994) p. 216.

Fiske, John (1842-1901) p. 238.

Frankfurter, Felix (1882-1965) p. 244.

Friedan, Betty (1921- ) by Ellen Herman, pp. 253-254.

Friedman, Milton (1912- ) p. 255.

Fromm, Erich (1900-1980) p. 255.

Galbraith, John K. (1908- ) p. 263.

Garrison, William L. (1805-1879) by Jonathan A. Glickstein, pp. 263-265.

Garvey, Marcus (1887-1940) by Emory J. Tolbert, pp. 265-267.

Geertz, Clifford (1926- ) by Charles Lindholm, pp. 271-272.

Gibbs, Josiah (1839-1903) p. 277.

Gilman, Charlotte P. (1860-1935) by Ann J. Lane, pp. 277-279.

Gladden, Washington (1836-1918) pp. 279-280.

Goldman, Emma (1869-1940) by Candace Falk, pp. 280-282.

Goodman, Nelson (1906-1998) p. 282.

Gray, Asa (1810-1888) pp. 282-283.

Hall, G. Stanley (1844-1924) p. 288.

Harrington, Michael (1928-1989) by Maurice Isserman, pp. 293-295.

Harris, William T. (1835-1909) p. 295.

Hayek, Friedrich A. (1899-1992) by Ronald Lora, pp. 297-298.

Hecker, Isaac (1819-1888) p. 288-289.

Herberg, Will (1901-1977) p. 301.

Hodge, Charles (1797-1878) by Mark A. Noll, pp. 303-305.

Hofstadter, Richard (1916-1970) by Paula S. Fass, pp. 305-306.

Holmes, Oliver W., Jr. (1841-1935) by Robert W. Gordon, pp. 307-308.

Hook, Sidney (1902-1989) by Robert B. Westbrook, pp. 312-313.

Howells, William D. (1837-1920) by Daniel H. Borus, pp. 317-319.

Hutchins, Robert M. (1899-1977) p. 323.

James, Henry, Sr. (1811-1882) p. 345.

James, William (1842-1910) by James T. Kloppenberg, pp. 346-349.

Jameson, Fredric R. (1934- ) p. 349.

Jordan, David Starr (1851-1931) p. 353.

Kallen, Horace (1882-1974) p. 366.

Kaplan, Mordecai (1881-1983) p. 366.

King, Martin Luther, Jr. (1929-1968) by Clayborne Carson, pp. 371-373.

Kuhn, Thomas S. (1922-1996) by David A. Hollinger, pp. 377-378.

Lieber, Francis (1789-1872) p. 402.

Lippman, Walter (1889-1974) by John P. Diggins, pp. 405-407.

Llewellyn, Karl (1893-1962) p. 409.

Locke, Alain (1886-1954) by Cheryl Greenberg, pp. 409-411.

Loeb, Jacques (1859-1924) p. 411.

Lovejoy, Arthur O. (1873-1962) p. 412.

McCosh, James (1811-1894) p. 416.

Macdonald, Dwight (1906-1982) by Robert B. Westbrook, pp. 416-418.

MacIntyre, Alasdair (1929- ) by G. Scott Davis, pp. 418-419.

Malcolm X (1925-1965) by Robin D. G. Kelley, pp. 424-427.

Marcuse, Herbert (1898-1979) by Paul Breines, pp. 429-430.

Mead, George H. (1863-1931) by Dmitri N. Shalin, pp. 439-440.

Mead, Margaret (1901-1978) by Julia E. Liss, pp. 440-442.

Mencken, Henry L. (1880-1956) by Thomas A. Underwood, pp. 447-448.

Merriam, Charles (1874-1953) p. 449.

Merton, Thomas (1915-1968) by Anne Carr, pp. 449-450.

Miller, Perry (1905-1963) by David A. Hollinger, pp. 455-456.

Mills, C. Wright (1916-1962) by Robert B. Westbrook, pp. 457-458.

More, Paul Elmer (1864-1937) p. 466.

Morgenthau, Hans (1904-1980) pp. 466-467.

Morris, George S. (1840-1889) p. 467.

Mumford, Lewis (1895-1990) by Casey Blake, pp. 474-476.

Murray, John C. (1904-1967) by Todd Whitmore, pp. 476-477.

Niebuhr, H. Richard (1894-1962) by Richard W. Fox, pp. 494-496.

Niebuhr, Reinhold (1892-1971) by Richard W. Fox, pp. 496-499.

Park, Robert E. (1864-1944) pp. 515-516.

Parsons, Talcott (1902-1979) by Howard Brick, pp. 518-519.

Patten, Simon N. (1852-1922) pp. 519-520.

Peirce, Charles S. (1839-1914) by James Hoopes, pp. 520-521.

Pound, Ezra (1885-1972) by Reed W. Dasenbrook, pp. 535-537.

Pound, Roscoe (1870-1964) p. 527.

Quine, W. V. O. (1908-2000) by Daniel J. Wilson, pp. 562-563.

Rauschenbusch, Walter (1861-1918) p. 569.

Rawls, John (1921- ) by Henry S. Richardson, pp. 569-570.

Robinson, James H. (1863-1936) p. 599.

Rorty, Richard (1931- ) by Peter Hansen, pp. 605-606.

Rosenberg, Harold (1906-1978) p. 606.

Ross, E. A. (1866-1951) pp. 606-607.

Royce, Josiah (1855-1916) Henry S. Levinson, pp. 607-608.

Ryan, John A. (1869-1945) p. 610.

Sanger, Margaret (1879-1966) p. 610.

Santayana, George (1863-1952) by Ross Posnock, pp. 611-612.

Sapir, Edward (1884-1939) pp. 612-613.

Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr. (1917- ) p. 613.

Schumpeter, Joseph (1883-1950) p. 613.

Scudder, Vida D. (1861-1954) p. 620.

Skinner, B. F. (1904-1990) p. 629.

Small, Albion (1854-1926) p. 629.

Sontag, Susan (1933- ) p. 645.

Stanton, Elizabeth Cady (1815-1902) by Ellen C. DuBois, pp. 651-653.

Stein, Gertrude (1874-1946) by Susan Mizruchi, pp. 654-656.

Stieglitz, Alfred (1864-1946) by Edward Abrahams, pp. 656-657.

Stone, Lucy (1818-1893) p. 658.

Strauss, Leo (1899-1973) by Thomas L. Pangle, pp. 659-661.

Strong, Anna L. (1885-1970) p. 661.

Sumner, William G. (1840-1910) by Donald C. Bellomy, pp. 661-663.

Taylor, Fred M. (1855-1932) by Stephen P. Waring, pp. 665-667.

Thorndike, Edward L. (1874-1949) p. 675.

Tillich, Paul (1886-1965) by Robert H. Abzug, pp. 675-676.

Trilling, Lionel (1905-1975) by Mark Krupnick, pp. 687-688.

Truth, Sojourner (1797-1883) by Nell Irvin Painter, pp. 689-690.

Turner, Frederick J. (1861-1932) by William Cronon, pp. 691-692

Twain, Mark (1835-1910) by Daniel H. Borus, pp. 692-694.

Veblen, Thorstein (1857-1929) by Daniel H. Borus, pp. 702-703.

Voegelin, Eric (1901-1985) p. 709.

Walling, William E. (1877-1936) by Peter Hansen, pp. 712-713.

Ward, Lester F. (1841-1913) pp. 713-714.

Washington, Booker T. (1856-1915) by Donald B. Gibson, pp. 715-716.

Watson, John B. (1878-1958) p. 717.

Whitehead, Alfred N. (1861-1947) by Daniel J. Wilson, pp. 725-726.

Whitman, Walt (1819-1892) by Michael Moon, pp. 726-728.

Whorf, Benjamin L. (1897-1941) by Lawrence A. Rosenwald, pp. 728-729.

Wiener, Norbert (1894-1964) p. 729.

Wise, Isaac M. (1819-1900) p. 741.

Wright, Chauncey (1830-1875) by Paul Conkin, pp. 753-754.

Wright, Frank Lloyd (1869-1959) p. 754.

 

 

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