Richard McKeon: A Study

by George Kimball Plochmann

Overview

In the contemporary atmosphere of concern with the problems of relativism, cultural pluralism, and textuality, the time is ripe for rediscovery of the thought of Richard McKeon, one of the most important but neglected American philosophers of this century. This study by George Kimball Plochmann, a former student of McKeon's, is the first book-length treatment of the ideas of this legendary teacher, scholar, and diplomat who outlined a profound and creative vision for the reorganization of all knowledge and discourse.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780226671093
Publisher:	University of Chicago Press
Publication date:	06/14/1990
Series:	Cinema and Modernity Ser.
Edition description:	1
Pages:	276
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

George Kimball Plochmann is emeritus professor of philosophy at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, and adjunct professor of medical humanities in the School of Medicine at Southern Illinois University, Springfield.

Table of Contents

List of Figures
Preface
1. Reminiscences of the Years 1932-49
2. Conspectus
3. A Learned Apprentice
4. The Structural Dialectic of Philosophic Discourse
5. Metaphysical Bearings
6. Discourse, Controversy, and Resolution in Society
7. The Arts: Principles and Methods
8. Theses and Distortions
9. Concessions, Queries, Objections, Refutations
Notes
Bibliography
Index