Wilderness in America

Wilderness in America

Philosophical Writings

The philosophy of Henry Bugbee defies traditional academic categorization. Though inspired by Heidegger and American Transcendentalism, he was also admired by the famous analytic philosopher Willard van Orman Quine, who described him as the ultimate exemplar of the examined life.

Bugbee’s writings are remarkably different in form and register from anything written in twentieth-century American Philosophy. The beautifully written essays collected here show Bugbee’s continuing commitment that “anyone who throws his entire personality into his work must to some extent adopt an aesthetic attitude and medium.”

Together, the book reintroduces a major thinker of nature, an environmental philosopher avant la lettre who has much to contribute to American and continental thought.

  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction. Being in Nature: The Experiential Naturalism of Henry G. Bugbee Jr.
  • Part I: Student Writings
    • In Demonstration of the Spirit (Selections)
    • The Sense and the Conception of Being (Selections)
  • Part II: Published Writings
    • A Venture in the Open
    • Thoughts on Creation
    • Wilderness in America
  • Part III: Unpublished Writings
    • The Revolution in Western Thought: Another Step (1962)
    • Nature and a True Artist (n.d.)
    • A Way of Reading the Book of Job (1963)
    • Notes on Objectivity and Reality (n.d.)
  • Part IV: Experience, Memory, Reflection: An Interview with Henry Bugbee
  • Appendixes
    • Curriculum Vitae: The Course of Life
    • Letter from C. I. Lewis (n.d. ca 1951)
    • Letter from John M. Anderson (August 9, 1950)
    • Journal Entry (February 11, 1957)
    • Albert Borgmann, “Henry”—A Tribute
    • The Splendor of Rock Creek
    • Upper Clark Fork: Rock Creek Fishing
    • The Bugbee Nature Preserve
    • Bugbee Nature Preserve—Named for Henry Greenwood Bugbee, M. D. (1879–1945)
    • “Philosopher”—A Poem by Gary Whited
    • Bruce Bugbee, “For Henry”
    • Bugbee Annual Lectures
  • Notes
  • Bibliography

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