William James (1842-1910) was both a philosopher and a psychologist, nowadays most closely associated with the pragmatic theory of truth. The essays in this Companion deal with the full range of his thought, including technical philosophical issues, religious speculation, moral philosophy and political controversies of his time. New readers and nonspecialists will find this the most convenient and accessible guide to James currently available. Advanced students and specialists will find a conspectus of recent developments in the interpretation of James.
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William James (1842-1910) was both a philosopher and a psychologist, nowadays most closely associated with the pragmatic theory of truth. The essays in this companion deal with the full range of his thought as well as other issues, including technical philosophical issues, religious speculation, moral philosophy and political controversies of his time. New readers and nonspecialists will find this the most convenient and accessible guide to James currently available. Advanced students and specialists will find a conspectus of recent developments in the interpretation of James.
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I highly recommend this book, for anyone who has read and admired something of James' work and who wants to know what some of the brightest minds of our own time have to say about it.A warning, though, this is not a "popularization," a dilution, an "introduction to James," or the Cliff Notes version! You have to have read the real thing to appreciate the commentary. To put it differently, if you know some Jamesian texts, you will appreciate the way this book puts them into a CON-text. I especially recommend chapter seven, by T.L.S. Sprigge, called "James, aboutness, and his British critics." Sprigge shows what is wrong with some common criticisms of Jamesian pragmatism, criticisms first posed by the two British critics mentioned in the chapter title, G.E. Moore and Bertrand Russell.
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strong panpsychism, live mental attitude, jamesean pragmatism, breathtaking intimacy, experienceable world, more inclusive ideals, genteel poets, pragmatist principle, superhuman consciousness, dualistic theism, spiritualistic philosophy, wider self, radical empiricism, pluralistic universe, moral properties, pure experience, religious hypothesis, introspective psychology, neutral monism, passional nature, introspective observation, social analogy, certain blindness, scientific conscience Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
William James, Henry James, Briefer Course, Hibbert Lectures, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Does Consciousness Exist, Elizabeth Stoddard, Hilary Putnam, The Morgesons, Human Immortality, New England, New York, Alain Locke, Gifford Lectures, North Carolina, Professor James, Josiah Royce, United States, Fitzjames Stephen, Frances Morse, John Dewey, John Stuart Mill, Lamb House, Lizzie Borden, Popular Philosophy New!
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- The Revival of Pragmatism: New Essays on Social Thought, Law, and Culture (Post-Contemporary Interventions) by Morris Dickstein on page 35, page 71, and Back Matter
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