The American Philosopher: Conversations With Quine, Davidson, Putnam, Nozick, Danto, Rorty, Cavell, MacIntyre, Kuhn

In this lively look at current debates in American philosophy, leading philosophers talk candidly about the changing character of their discipline. The book explores the identity of the American philosopher through informal conversations, discussing the rise of post-analytic philosophy in America, its relation to European thought, and to the American pragmatist tradition. It covers the opposition between analytic and continental thought and how recent work has begun to bridge the gap between the two traditions. The participants also confront topics such as logico-linguistic orientations, interdisciplinary agendas, pluralist anarchism, aesthetic neo-foundationalism, and paradigm shifts.