American Philosophy Collection Vol. 2


Read by P. J. Taylor

This recording is the second in an ongoing series of collections highlighting foundational articles in early 20th Century American philosophy.

Volume 2 focuses on the debates surrounding the emergence of the so-called 'New Realism.' Inspired by the early works of the American pragmatists, the new realists opposed idealistic and transcendental metaphysics, and advocated for various forms of empirical and scientific naturalism. (summary by P. J. Taylor)

Track List:

01 - The Program and Platform of the Six Realists by Edwin B. Holt, Walter T. Marvin, W. P. Montague, Ralph Barton Perry, Walter B.Pitkin and Edward Gleason Spaulding

02 - The Egocentric Predicament by R. B. Perry

03 - Brief Studies in Realism I by John Dewey

04 - Brief Studies in Realism II by John Dewey

05 - The Inadequacy of ‘Natural’ Realism by Durant Drake

06 - Reflections of a Temporalist on the New Realism by A. O. Lovejoy

07 - Report of the Committee on Definitions of the American Philosophical Association by F. J. E. Woodbridge, Frank Thilly, Dickinson S. Miller, Arthur O. Lovejoy, W. P. Montague, and E. G. Spaulding

08 - The Relation of Consciousness to Object in Sense Perception by E. B. McGilvary

09 - The Relation of Consciousness to Object in Sense Perception by Frank Thilly

10 - Consciousness and Object by W. J. E. Woodbridge

11 - The New Realism by Morris Raphael Cohen (5 hr 55 min)

Chapters

The Program and First Platform of Six Realists 30:46 Read by P. J. Taylor
The Egocentric Predicament 34:29 Read by P. J. Taylor
Brief Studies in Realism I 23:37 Read by P. J. Taylor
Brief Studies in Realism II 25:48 Read by P. J. Taylor
The Inadequacy of ‘Natural’ Realism 23:44 Read by P. J. Taylor
Reflections of a Temporalist on the New Realism 32:22 Read by P. J. Taylor
Report of the Committee on Definitions of the American Philosophical Association 16:00 Read by P. J. Taylor
The Relation of Consciousness and Object in Sense Perception 52:23 Read by P. J. Taylor
The Relation of Consciousness and Object in Sense Perception 47:35 Read by P. J. Taylor
Consciousness and Object 17:58 Read by P. J. Taylor
The New Realism 50:39 Read by P. J. Taylor