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Pragmatism and Other Writings

Autor William James Editat de Giles Gunn
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 aug 2000
The writings of William James represent one of America's most original contributions to the history of ideas. Ranging from philosophy and psychology to religion and politics, James composed the most engaging formulation of American pragmatism. 'Pragmatism' grew out of a set of lectures and the full text is included here along with 'The Meaning of Truth', 'Psychology', 'The Will to Believe', and 'Talks to Teachers on Psychology'.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780140437355
ISBN-10: 0140437355
Pagini: 400
Dimensiuni: 133 x 197 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Ediția:Revised
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin Classics
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Notă biografică

Older brother of novelist Henry James, William James (1842-1910) was a philosopher, psychologist, physiologist, and professor at Harvard. James has influenced such twentieth-century thinkers as Richard Rorty, Jurgen Habermans, Michel Foucault, and Julia Kristeva.
Giles Gunn is Professor of English and of Global & International Studies at the University of California at Santa Barbara. He is author of 'Culture of Criticism and Criticism of Culture' and edited Early American Writing for Penguin.


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The writings of William James represent one of America's most original contributions to the history of ideas. Ranging from philosophy and psychology to religion and politics, James composed the most engaging formulation of American pragmatism. 'Pragmatism' grew out of a set of lectures and the full text is included here along with 'The Meaning of Truth', 'Psychology', 'The Will to Believe', and 'Talks to Teachers on Psychology'.


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Introduction by Giles Gunn Suggestions for Further Reading A Note on the Texts Pragmatism (1907) Preface Lecture I: The Present Dilemma in Philosophy Lecture II: What Pragmatism Means Lecture III: Some Metaphysical Problems Pragmatically Considered Lecture IV: The One and the Many Lecture V: Pragmatism and Common Sense Lecture VI: Pragmatism's Conception of Truth Lecture VII: Pragmatism and Humanism Lecture VIII: Pragmatism and Religion

From The Meaning of Truth (1909) Preface The Tigers in India Humanism and Truth From Psychology: Briefer Course (1892) The Stream of Consciousness

From The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy (1897) Preface The Will to Believe Is Life Worth Living? The Moral Philosopher and the Moral Life

From Talks to Teachers on Psychology: And to Students on Some of Life's Ideals (1899) II. On a Certain Blindness in Human Beings III. What Makes a Life Significant Miscellaneous Essays Address at the Centenary of Ralph Waldo Emerson (1903) A World of Pure Experience (1904) Is Radical Empiricism Solipsistic? (1905)

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