William James, Essays in Radical Empiricism

doi:10.5771/9781793653154

William James, Essays in Radical Empiricism

1. Edition 2022

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ISBN print: 978-1-7936-5314-7
ISBN online: 978-1-7936-5315-4
Lexington, Lanham Lexington, Lanham

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Abstract

This book is a critical edition of William James’s Essays in Radical Empiricism. The text has been annotated to explain and expand on James’s references and to briefly develop points of criticism. The editor has added a new, critical Introduction, an extended bibliography and a new, comprehensive index. William James is perhaps America’s favorite philosopher and his writings remain popular around the world. Yet he studied to be an M.D., taught anatomy and physiology at Harvard, and he came to international prominence with his magnum opus, The Principles of Psychology (1890). James represented America just as the U.S. arrived on the world stage. This critical edition examines James’s later philosophical work from the perspective of the scientific naturalism often prominent in the Principles. It also takes up developments in historical and contemporary sources of functional psychology—which James often inspired—up to and including reflections of the contemporary French neuroscientist Stanislas Dehaene. The aim is to place the evaluation of James on pragmatism and radical empiricism within the scientific perspective of contemporary work in the philosophy of psychology and the philosophy of mind. James on “radical empiricism” and “pure experience” and “pragmatism” are particular topics of critical attention.

Schlagworte

consciousness American philosophy philosophy of mind pragmatism psychology neuroscience

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Preface
1–14 Chapter One Does ‘Consciousness’ Exist? 1–14
15–34 Chapter Two A World of Pure Experience 15–34
35–46 Chapter Three The Thing and Its Relations 35–46
47–52 Chapter Four How Two Minds Can Know One Thing 47–52
53–60 Chapter Five The Place of Affectional Facts in a World of Pure Experience 53–60
61–72 Chapter Six The Experience of Activity 61–72
73–78 Chapter Seven The Essence of Humanism 73–78
79–90 Chapter Eight La Notion de Conscience 79–90
91–94 Chapter Nine Is Radical Empiricism Solipsistic? 91–94
95–96 Chapter Ten Mr. Pitkin’s Refutation of ‘Radical Empiricism’ 95–96
97–104 Chapter Eleven Humanism and Truth Once More 97–104
105–110 Chapter Twelve Absolutism and Empiricism 105–110
111–138 Notes 111–138
139–154 Bibliography 139–154
155–164 Index 155–164
165–166 About the Editor 165–166

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