William James and the reinstatement of the vague
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William James and the reinstatement of the vague
Temple University Press, 1992
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注記
Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-219) and index
内容説明・目次
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Recently, the work of philosopher-psychologist William James has undergone something of a renaissance. In this book, William Gavin argues that James's plea for the "reinstatement of the vague" to its proper place in our experience should be regarded as a seminal metaphor for this thought in general. The concept of vagueness applies to areas of human experience not captured by facts that can be scientifically determined nor by ideas that can be formulated in words. In areas as seemingly diverse as psychology, religion, language, and metaphysics, James continually highlights the importance of the ambiguous, the contextual, the pluralistic, or the uncertain over the foundational. Indeed, observes the author, only in a vague, unfinished world can the human self, fragile as it is, have the possibility of making a difference or exercising the will to believe.
Taking James's plea seriously, Gavin looks to the work of other philosophersincluding Peirce, Marx, Dewey, and, to a lesser extent, Rorty and Derridaand shows that a version of James's position is central to their thought. Finally, Gavin provides a pragmatic upshot of James's plea, reaffirming the importance of the vague in two concrete areas: the doctor-patient relationship in medicine and the creating and experiencing of modern art. Author note:
William Joseph Gavin is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southern Maine.
目次
- Acknowledgments Introduction: Why "the Vague"? Part I: Interpretations 1. "The Vague" in The Principles and "the More" in the Varieties: Some Preliminaries 2. Vagueness, God, and Actual Possibility 3. Vagueness in Science, Percepts, and Language 4. James's Metaphysics: Language as the "House of 'Pure Experience' " Part II: Conversations 5. James, Peirce, and "The Will to Believe" 6. Text, Context, and the Existential Limit: "The Will to Believe" in Dewey and Marx Part III: Applications 7. James and Modern Art: Process over Permanence 8. Vagueness and Empathy in Medicine: A Jamesian View (Non)-Conclusion: Life as a "Real Fight"
- Text as "Spur" Notes Index
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