John E. Smith

Clark Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, and former Chairman
008 Timothy Dwight College
203.432.0756 john.smith@yale.edu

Areas of Interests

American Pragmatism and Idealism; Philosophy of Religion

Current or Recent Courses Taught

• Peirce’s Evolutionary Philosophy
• The Essentials of Pragmatism
• Dewey and Whitehead on Education

Selected Publications

Books

• Reason and God, New Haven: Yale, 1961.
• The Spirit of American Philosophy, New York: Oxford, 1963. Rev. ed. Albany: SUNY Press, 1983; Japanese trans. Tawagama U. Press, Tokyo, 1980; Indonesian trans. Jakarta, 1995.
• Experience and God, New York: Oxford, 1968; repr. with new preface, New York: Fordham U. Press, 1995; Polish trans. Warsaw: PAX, 1971.
• Themes in American Philosophy, New York: Harper & Row, 1970.
• The Analogy of Experience, Warfield Lectures, New York: Harper & Row, 1973.
• Purpose and Thought: The Meaning of Pragmatism, Hutchinson/Yale, 1978; rev. ed. Chicago: Chicago U. Press, 1984; Chinese trans. Taiwan, 1983.
• America’s Philosophical Vision, Chicago: Chicago U. Press, 1992.
• Quasi–Religions: Humanism, Marxism, Nationalism, London: Macmillan, 1994.

Articles

See bibliography in Reason, Experience, and God: J.E.Smith in dialogue, ed. Vincent Colapietro, New York: Fordham U. Press, 1997, pp.144–58.