The Philosophy of William James: An Introduction

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Cambridge University Press, 2005 - 246 من الصفحات
This is an accessible introduction to the full range of the philosophy of William James. It portrays that philosophy as containing a deep division between a Promethean type of pragmatism and a passive mysticism. The pragmatist James conceives of truth and meaning as a means to control nature and make it do our bidding. The mystic James eschews the use of concepts in order to penetrate to the inner conscious core of all being, including nature at large. Richard Gale attempts to harmonize these pragmatic and mystical perspectives.
 

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Introduction
1
THE PROMETHEAN PRAGMATIST
13
The Ethics of Prometheanism
19
The Willfulness of Belief 3
38
The Freedom of Belief 4
57
The Will to Believe
75
5
84
The Ethics of Truth
94
75
134
THE PASSIVE MYSTIC
157
The Self
159
The IThou Quest for Intimacy and Religious Mysticism
178
The Humpty Dumpty Intuition and Backyard Mysticism
200
An Attempt at a One World Interpretation of James 159 178 200
221
Bibliography of Works Cited
237
Suggested Further Readings Index 237 239
241

The Semantics of Truth
112
William James Meets Poobah
132

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Richard M. Gale is Professor Emeritus at the University of Pittsburgh and Adjunct Professor at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

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