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| | The Journal of Speculative Philosophy, 18671893 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) |
 | | According to Cohen’s scheme, the three periods corresponded to three philosophical journals, the Journal of Speculative Philosophy (JSP), established in St. Louis in 1867, the Philosophical Review, established at Cornell University in 1892, and the Journal of Philosophy, Psychology, and Scientific Methods, which was founded at Columbia University in 1904. |
 | | Cohen labeled these three periods of modern American philosophy “the theologic, the metaphysical, and the scientific.” Though I question the adequacy of Cohen’s labels for these periods, he was certainly correct that American philosophy had become increasingly secular. |
 | | Davidson’s work with Russian immigrants like Cohen was an expression of the conception of philosophy he shared with his friends in St. Louis, according to which philosophy could serve as an antidote to suicide because it gave meaning to life. |
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