The Philosophy Scare: The Politics of Reason in the Early Cold War
Intro -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Prologue -- Introduction -- Part 1. The Cudgels of Freedom: Cold War Philosophy's Theory of Objects -- 1. Academic Stealth in the Early Cold War -- 2. Reductionism as the Favored Form of Naturalism -- Part 2. The Carrots of Reason: Cold War Philosophy's Theory of Subjects -- 3. The Politics of Rational Choice -- 4. Rational Choice Philosophy as "Scientific Philosophy" -- Part 3. Purifying the Academy -- 5. Organizing Academic Repression: The California Plan -- 6. Rationalizing Academic Repression: The Allen Formula -- Epilogue: The Two Fates of Cold War Philosophy -- Appendix: Roster of UCLA Philosophy Department from 1947- 48 to 1959-60 -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- Index.