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unusual facts about American philosophy


Journal of Speculative Philosophy

The Journal of Speculative Philosophy is an academic journal that examines basic philosophical questions, the interaction between Continental and American philosophy, and the relevance of historical philosophers to contemporary thinkers.


Edmund Yard Robbins

Edmund Yard Robbins (b. 29 May 1867, Windsor, New Jersey – d. 30 May 1942, Princeton, New Jersey) was an American philosopher.


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Emerson Literary Society

Six weeks before Ralph Waldo Emerson's death, a group of Hamilton students honored his life's work by founding a non-secretive society based on his American philosophy.

Polylog - Zeitschrift für interkulturelles Philosophieren

Other subject matters discussed in one or more issues include Asian Philosophy, Latin American Philosophy, universalisms, tolerance, translation, cultivation of the self, human rights, and biotechnology, to name but a few.

Sandra Laugier

Sandra Laugier extensively worked on J. L. Austin and L. Wittgenstein; she also introduced several aspects of American philosophy to French readers (Emerson, Thoreau, but above all Stanley Cavell).