Essays in radical empiricism
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Essays in radical empiricism
(The works of William James / editors, Frederick H. Burkhardt, general editor, Fredson Bowers, textual editor, Ignas K. Skrupskelis, associate editor)
Harvard University Press, 1976
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents of Works
- Does "consciousness" exist?
- A world of pure experience
- The thing and its relations
- How two minds can know one thing
- The place of affectional facts in a world of pure experience
- The experience of activity
- The essence of humanism
- La notion de conscience
- Is radical empiricism solipsistic?
- Mr. Pitkin's refutation of "radical empiricism"
- A reply to Mr. Pitkin
- Humanism and truth once more
- Absolutism and empiricism
- Controversy about truth
Description and Table of Contents
Description
A pioneer in early studies of the human mind and founder of that peculiarly American philosophy called Pragmatism, William James remains America's most widely read philosopher. Generations of students have been drawn to his lucid presentations of philosophical problems. His works, now being made available for the first time in a definitive edition, have a permanent place in American letters and a continuing influence in philosophy and psychology.
The essays gathered in the posthumously published Essays in Radical Empiricism formulate ideas that had brewed in James's mind for thirty years as he sought a way out of the philosophical dilemmas generated by the new psychology of the late nineteenth century. They constitute the explanatory core of his doctrine of radical empiricism, a doctrine that charts his course between the absolute idealism he could not accept and, at the other extreme, the law of associationism, which reduces knowledge to sheer contiguity of ideas. In his introduction John J. McDermott describes the historical background and the genesis of James's theory and considers the objections raised by its opponents.
Table of Contents
Foreword Introduction by John J. McDermott Essays in Radical Empiricism Does "Consciousness" Exist? A World of Pure Experience The Thing and Its Relations How Two Minds Can Know One Thing The Place of Affectional Facts in a World of Pure Experience The Experience of Activity The Essence of Humanism La Notion de Conscience Is Radical Empiricism Solipsistic? Mr. Pitkin's Refutation of 'Radical Empiricism' A Reply to Mr. Pitkin Humanism and Truth Once More Absolutism and Empiricism Controversy about Truth
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