Wayne Viney

William James's Pluralism

An Antidote for Contemporary Extremism and Absolutism

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Produktbeschreibung

William James's Pluralism: An Antidote for Contemporary Extremism and Absolutism explores extremism and the related problem of absolutism in the context of the psychology and philosophy of William James.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 118
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Mai 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 354g
• ISBN-13: 9781032233116
• ISBN-10: 1032233117
• Artikelnr.: 63117894

Autorenporträt

Wayne Viney is Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Emeritus University Distinguished Teaching Scholar at Colorado State University, USA. He has served as President of the Society for the History of Psychology and as President of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association. He is the author of numerous papers on the psychology and philosophy of William James.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
1 The Most Pregnant of All the Dilemmas of Philosophy
Some Characteristics of Monism
Some Characteristics of Pluralism
Understanding Singularity
Understanding the Drive toward Pluralism
The Way Forward
Notes
2 William James and the Tensions between the One and the Many
Family Background
Quest for a Career
James the Academic
Who Was William James?
Experience
Reality
Time
Individualism
Pragmatism
Radical Empiricism
¿The Man
Notes
3 Moral Monism and Pluralism
Abortion
Birth Control
Death with Dignity
A Culture of Life; a Culture of Death
Notes
4 Methodological Singularities
Religious Singularities
Critique of Religious Literalism as the Single Pathway to All Truth
Science as the Singular Pathway to Genuine Knowledge
Critique of Claims That Science Is the Singular Source of Truth
Singular Methodologies in Political Systems
Dangers of Singularities in Political Systems
The Pluralistic Alternative
Clash of Methodologies
Notes
5 The Single Cause: God, Free Will, and the Reflex
God Alone
Critique of Theological Determinism
Free Will
Critique of Free Will as a Singular Explanation
The Reflex
Critique of Reflexology
Critique of Monistic Theories of Causality
Notes
6 Ontological Monism and Pluralism
Materialism
Mechanistic Materialism
Emergent or Radical Materialism
Gestalt Psychology
Idealism
James's Ontology
Notes
7 James Quarrels with Monism as He Embraces Pluralism
James's Temperamental Affinities with Pluralism
Intellectualist Origins of Monism
Absolutism
Intimacy
Rigid Orthodoxies and Untenable Combinations
Problem of Evil
Determinism and Fatalism
Monism Fails to Fit with Human Experience
Monism and the Collapse of Time
The Pluralistic Alternative
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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Preface



Acknowledgments



1 The Most Pregnant of All the Dilemmas of Philosophy



Some Characteristics of Monism

Some Characteristics of Pluralism

Understanding Singularity

Understanding the Drive toward Pluralism

The Way Forward

Notes



2 William James and the Tensions between the One and the Many



Family Background

Quest for a Career

James the Academic

Who Was William James?

Experience

Reality

Time

Individualism

Pragmatism

Radical Empiricism



The Man

Notes

3 Moral Monism and Pluralism



Abortion

Birth Control

Death with Dignity

A Culture of Life; a Culture of Death

Notes



4 Methodological Singularities



Religious Singularities

Critique of Religious Literalism as the Single Pathway to All Truth

Science as the Singular Pathway to Genuine Knowledge

Critique of Claims That Science Is the Singular Source of Truth

Singular Methodologies in Political Systems

Dangers of Singularities in Political Systems

The Pluralistic Alternative

Clash of Methodologies

Notes



5 The Single Cause: God, Free Will, and the Reflex



God Alone

Critique of Theological Determinism

Free Will

Critique of Free Will as a Singular Explanation

The Reflex

Critique of Reflexology

Critique of Monistic Theories of Causality

Notes



6 Ontological Monism and Pluralism



Materialism

Mechanistic Materialism

Emergent or Radical Materialism

Gestalt Psychology

Idealism

James's Ontology



Notes

7 James Quarrels with Monism as He Embraces Pluralism



James's Temperamental Affinities with Pluralism

Intellectualist Origins of Monism

Absolutism

Intimacy

Rigid Orthodoxies and Untenable Combinations

Problem of Evil

Determinism and Fatalism

Monism Fails to Fit with Human Experience

Monism and the Collapse of Time

The Pluralistic Alternative

Notes

Bibliography

Index