| Like all my work, this book was made possible through the community of my students, colleagues, friends, and the extended family of which I am a part. For their assistance and support at various stages of the thinking process, the writing, and the production of this book, I want to thank the following people: William Hillman and Aileen Hillman, for warmth and light; Bradwell Scott, for humor and a brother's care; Leon Howard and John Espey of the University of California at Los Angeles, for guidance and encouragement; Richard Cohen, Constance Carlson, George Hall, Kenneth Taylor, Guy Gallagher, and other members of the research group at the University of Maine at Presque Isle who read and commented on some of the chapters; James Campbell of the University of Toledo, for supportive criticism of the chapters on American philosophy; Stephen Gottschalk and Christopher Wagstaff, for their friendship and for many discussions of American and contemporary thought; Edward Pols of Bowdoin College, for responding to the chapter on William James at a meeting of the Maine Philosophical Institute; Jeff White, Bill Reed, and other members of the Institute who heard and responded to the same paper; Lee Harding, for compassion and a listening ear; Allison Phinney III of Harvard, and Carl Rapp of the University of Georgia, for reading and constructive criticism of the entire manuscript; Allison Phinney Jr., for help in other ways; Mary Beatrice Schulte, my fine editor at Fordham University Press; Martha Bendegkey, for typing; Pam Codrey, for checking references; Michael Goldstein, for being a wonderful student, for helping me to understand the concept of paradigms more fully, for helping to edit my conclusion, and for talks running well into the night; Lorelei Locke, for work on the Index; Elizabeth Lamb, Todd Snyder, and all my other students at the University of Maine at Presque Isle who have challenged me and stayed with me in the adventure of thinking our way together into a new world; Ryder Scott, my incomparable son and friend; and Gail Scott, my wonderful companion in this work as in everything, for insight and strength to see things through to completion. |
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