The Divided Self of William JamesCambridge University Press, 28/02/1999 - 364 من الصفحات This book offers a powerful interpretation of the philosophy of William James. It focuses on the multiple directions in which James's philosophy moves and the inevitable contradictions that arise as a result. The first part of the book explores a range of James's doctrines in which he refuses to privilege any particular perspective: ethics, belief, free will, truth and meaning. The second part of the book turns to those doctrines where James privileges the perspective of mystical experience. Richard Gale then shows how the relativistic tendencies can be reconciled with James's account of mystical experience. An appendix considers the distorted picture of James's philosophy that has been refracted down to us through the interpretations of his work by John Dewey. |
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Acknowledgments page ix | 1 |
The Promethean Pragmatist | 7 |
The Self | 219 |
The IThou Quest for Intimacy and Religious Mysticism | 246 |
The HumptyDumpty Intuition and Panpsychism | 273 |
Attempts at a OneWorld Interpretation of James | 303 |
John Deweys Naturalization of William James | 335 |
Bibliography of Works Cited | 353 |
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absolute acosmic action actual aporia argument backyard mystical believe casuistic rule causal Chapter Charles Sanders Peirce claim clash concepts conditional proof consciousness deontological desire determinism Dewey distinction doctrine of Pure dualism empirical ence entails epistemically warranted ethical evil existence experiential fact feeling future give given human Humpty-Dumpty Intuition idea identity inner interpretation introspective italics James's account James's philosophy language-game later law of bivalence logical maximize desire-satisfaction mental metaphysical mind monistic moral agent morally obligated mushing mystical experiences nature object Ontological Relativism operationalist panpsychism perception person phenomenological physical pluralistic possible pragmatic theory Principles of Psychology problem Promethean proposition psychic pure experience radical empiricism reality reality-claims realize reason relation Religious Experience rience says sensations sense sensory sort specious present spiritual succession theism theodicy theory of meaning thereby things thought tion unification University Varieties of Religious William James