Emerson, philosophe transcendantaliste ou pragmatiste ?

Western philosophy owes the United States of America two original trends of thought: transcendentalism and pragmatism. The present debate on the influence of Emerson on Wittgenstein raises the problem of the relation between Mind (as a national entity) and any individual thinking subject of a nation...

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Hovedforfatter: Deledalle, Gérard
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Sprog:Français
Udgivet: 2002
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Online adgang:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Summary:Western philosophy owes the United States of America two original trends of thought: transcendentalism and pragmatism. The present debate on the influence of Emerson on Wittgenstein raises the problem of the relation between Mind (as a national entity) and any individual thinking subject of a nation. Is the individual the replica of a Universal which thinks for each of us, as Wittgenstein argued? Or is “each man a state”, in other words “the root and seed of democracy”, as Emerson, and John Dewey after him, thought?