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American History: Essays: Philosophy and Literature: Two Philosophies

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Explains what the 'Scottish philosophy' was and how well it fitted with American sensibilities in the 1800s. Over time it evolved into the American philosophy of Pragmatism. The other philosophy that took hold in some groups of society was Transcendentalism, of which Ralph Waldo Emerson was a proponent.

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