Maynard Adams
Subtitle: Southern philosopher of civilization
By: by Glenn Blackburn.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Mercer University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Macon, GA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780865547902
Subjects: Adams, E. M. -- 1919-2003; Humanism; Civilization, Modern -- Philosophy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A society fit for human beings; title: Why a southern farm boy came to be a philosopher; title: The Harvard years: analyzing the most radical revolution in human history; title: Personhood: what is it to be a person and to live a good life?; title: What is philosophy good for?; title: Value realism: how we can know right from wrong and beautiful from ugly; title: Modern civilization is deranged; title: 1960s: liberal activism and a philosophy of nature; title: Philosophy of mind and the meaning dimension of reality; title: Public philosophy: the humanities and their role in modern life; title: Humanistic metaphysics: making sense of our humanity, social reality, and ultimate reality; title: Philosopher of the agora: religion and cultural freedom; title: A philosophy for the twenty-first century.