The Patterns of the Present - Interpreting the Authority of Form

An original philosophical treatise on form and the foundations of social value.

About the author

George Allan is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Dickinson College. He is the author of many books, including The Importances of the Past: A Meditation on the Authority of Tradition; The Realizations of the Future: An Inquiry into the Authority of Praxis; The Patterns of the Present: Interpreting the Authority of Form; and Higher Education in the Making: Pragmatism, Whitehead, and the Canon, all also published by SUNY Press.

Product details

• Authors: George Allan
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.11.2001
• EAN: 9780791451649
• ISBN: 978-0-7914-5164-9
• No. of pages: 323
• Dimensions: 143 mm x 286 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 435 g
• Series: SUNY Series in Philosophy (Pap; Suny Philosophy
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous