The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America

By: Louis Menand

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Synopsis: Winner of the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for History, a riveting, original book about the creation of modern American thought. The Metaphysical Club was an informal group that met in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1872, to talk about ideas. Its members included Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., future associate justice of the United States Supreme Court; William James, the father of modern American psychology; and Charles Sanders Peirce, logician, scientist, and the founder of semiotics. The Club was probably in existence for about nine months. No records were kept. The one thing we know that came out of it was an idea -- an idea about ideas.

Book Quality:: Excellent
Book Size:: 562 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9780374528492
Publisher:: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Date of Addition:: 04/01/09
Copyrighted By:: Louis Menand
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Social Studies, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Philosophy
Submitted By:: Daproim Africa
Proofread By:: Daproim Africa
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.

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