August 11, 2000
The Perils of Making Philosophy a Lingua Americana
In the age of globalization and the United States' undisputed dominance, American popular culture commands the international market and pervades world consciousness.
But what about the high culture of philosophy, so long and so essentially defined by its European tradition? In 1901, the American pragmatist philosopher William James felt it necessary to begin his European lectures with an explicit "apology ... for so presumptuous an act.
"It seems the natural thing for us
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