resources for your 'influences' hunt

TO PICK UP FROM FRENCH HOUSE 104 BEFORE YOU DO POST:
I've pulled a few short historical writings of Americana-- by slaves, colonial thinkers, American revolutionaries, etc.-- that are really helpful for the 'influences on American Philosophy' you're all looking up. If your name is below, will you pick them up from my French house office Mon. or Tues. sometime, so you can at least scan them & weave the themes into your post-? They're in envelopes, each in a packet w/your name on it, outside my French house office 104, by the water fountain leaning outside against the wall. They're very straightforward, & should be helpful tools in your thinking-- for the post, & for our discussion Wed.-! They can suffice for the library quest I asked you to do.

Chaz, Andrew: Native/Indigenous thought

Pete, Rob, Kimberly: Euro. philosophy: rationalism, empiricism

Amy, Rachel: Puritanism, Congregationalism, Amcn. colonies

Dan, Lizzie: Amcn. Enlightenment

Carter, John: Transcendentalists (one is also tacked to the door for you)


also: I realized the URL's on our class handout/grid sheet didn't come out... here they are!
www.american-philosophy.org
www.pragmatism.org (pragmatism cybrary)
www.siu.edu/~deweyctr/ (Center for Dewey Studies)