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Author | : Doris Olin |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 2020-07-24 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1000142825 |
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This book presents William James's Pragmatism together with critical commentary and focuses on the theories of meaning and truth central to Pragmatism. It includes several articles three of which were roughly contemporaneous with the publication of Pragmatism.
Author | : William J. Gavin |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 2013-01-10 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0253007860 |
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William James (1842-1910) is a canonical figure of American pragmatism. Trained as a medical doctor, James was more engaged by psychology and philosophy and wrote a foundational text, Pragmatism, for this characteristically American way of thinking. Distilling the main currents of James's thought, William J. Gavin focuses on "latent" and "manifest" ideas in James to disclose the notion of "will to believe," which courses through his work. For students who may be approaching James for the first time and for specialists who may not know James as deeply as they wish, Gavin provides a clear path to understanding James's philosophy even as he embraces James's complications and hesitations.
Author | : Deborah Whitehead |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 194 |
Release | : 2016-01-21 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0253018242 |
Download William James, Pragmatism, and American Culture Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
“Continues and adds to a rich conversation among American philosophers concerning the origins of pragmatism and its possibilities for the future.” —William Gavin, University of Southern Maine William James, Pragmatism, and American Culture focuses on the work of William James and the relationship between the development of pragmatism and its historical, cultural, and political roots in nineteenth-century America. Deborah Whitehead reads pragmatism through the intersecting themes of narrative, gender, nation, politics, and religion. As she considers how pragmatism helps to explain the United States to itself, Whitehead articulates a contemporary pragmatism and shows how it has become a powerful and influential discourse in American intellectual and popular culture.
Author | : William James |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 404 |
Release | : 2000-04-01 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780140437355 |
Download Pragmatism and Other Writings Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
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'.
Author | : John J. Stuhr |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0253221420 |
Download 100 Years of Pragmatism Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
William James claimed that his Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking would prove triumphant and epoch-making. Today, after more than 100 years, how is pragmatism to be understood? What has been its cultural and philosophical impact? Is it a crucial resource for current problems and for life and thought in the future? John J. Stuhr and the distinguished contributors to this multidisciplinary volume address these questions, situating them in personal, philosophical, political, American, and global contexts. Engaging James in original ways, these 11 essays probe and extend the significance of pragmatism as they focus on four major, overlapping themes: pragmatism and American culture; pragmatism as a method of thinking and settling disagreements; pragmatism as theory of truth; and pragmatism as a mood, attitude, or temperament.
Author | : Hilary Putnam |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 2017-05-15 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0674979222 |
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Throughout his diverse and highly influential career, Hilary Putnam was famous for changing his mind. As a pragmatist he treated philosophical “positions” as experiments in deliberate living. His aim was not to fix on one position but to attempt to do justice to the depth and complexity of reality. In this new collection, he and Ruth Anna Putnam argue that key elements of the classical pragmatism of William James and John Dewey provide a framework for the most progressive and forward-looking forms of philosophy in contemporary thought. The Putnams present a compelling defense of the radical originality of the philosophical ideas of James and Dewey and their usefulness in confronting the urgent social, political, and moral problems of the twenty-first century. Pragmatism as a Way of Life brings together almost all of the Putnams’ pragmatist writings—essays they wrote as individuals and as coauthors. The pragmatism they endorse, though respectful of the sciences, is an open experience-based philosophy of our everyday lives that trenchantly criticizes the fact/value dualism running through contemporary culture. Hilary Putnam argues that all facts are dependent on cognitive values, while Ruth Anna Putnam turns the problem around, illuminating the factual basis of moral principles. Together, they offer a shared vision which, in Hilary’s words, “could serve as a manifesto for what the two of us would like philosophy to look like in the twenty-first century and beyond.”
Author | : John Kaag |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 222 |
Release | : 2020-03-17 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0691192162 |
Download Sick Souls, Healthy Minds Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
James believed that philosophy was meant to articulate, and help answer, a single existential question, one which lent itself to the title of one of his most famous essays: "Is life worth living?" Through examination of an array of existentially loaded topics covered in his works-truth, God, evil, suffering, death, and the meaning of life-James concluded that it is up to us to make life worth living. He said that our beliefs, the truths that guide our lives, matter-their value and veracity turn on the way they play out practically for ourselves and our communities. For James, philosophy was about making life meaningful, and for some of us, liveable. This is the core of his "pragmatic maxim," that truth should be judged on the bases of its practical consequences. Kaag shows how James put this maxim into use in his philosophy and his life and how we can do so in our own. .
Author | : F. Thomas Burke |
Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 254 |
Release | : 2013-06-14 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0253009545 |
Download What Pragmatism Was Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
F. Thomas Burke examines the writings of William James and Charles S. Peirce to determine how the original "maxim of pragmatism" was understood differently by these two earliest pragmatists. Burke reconciles these differences by casting pragmatism as a philosophical stance that endorses distinctive conceptions of belief and meaning. In particular, a pragmatist conception of meaning should be understood as both inferentialist and operationalist in character. Burke unravels a complex early history of this philosophical tradition, discusses contemporary conceptions of pragmatism found in current US political discourse, and explores what this quintessentially American philosophy means today.
Author | : William James |
Publisher | : Fq Pub |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 2007-09 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9781599867540 |
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Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking is a book by American psychologist and philosopher William James that focuses on his belief in pragmatism, which is considred to be the ability to forsee practical consequences or real effects as vital components of meaning as well as truth. Pragmatism is a key work for those studying the ideas related the pragmatic movement as well as those who are interested in the writings of William James.
Author | : Stephen S. Bush |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 253 |
Release | : 2017-11-16 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1107135958 |
Download William James on Democratic Individuality Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A study of William James' philosophy of democracy and pluralism, and its relevance to modern debates.