Richard M. Gale

The Divided Self of William James

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A study of the multiple directions of James's philosophy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. August 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 762g
• ISBN-13: 9780521642699
• ISBN-10: 0521642698
• Artikelnr.: 22403728

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I. The Promethean Pragmatist: 1. The ethics of Prometheanism
2. The willfulness of belief
3. The freedom of belief
4. The will to believe
5. The ethics of truth
6. The semantics of 'truth'
7. Ontological relativism: William James meets Poo-bah
Part II. The Anti-Promethean Mystic: 8. The self
9. The I-thou quest for intimacy and religious mysticism
10. The humpty-dumpty intuition and panpsychism
11. Attempts at a one-world interpretation of James
Appendix: John Dewey's naturalization of William James
Bibliography of works cited
Index.