|
Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, from c 1900 -
|
Buy Now
No Professor's Lectures Can Save Us - William James's Pragmatism, Radical Empiricism, and Pluralism (Hardcover)
Loot Price: R2,570
Discovery Miles 25 700
|
|
|
No Professor's Lectures Can Save Us - William James's Pragmatism, Radical Empiricism, and Pluralism (Hardcover)
Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days
|
In No Professor's Lectures Can Save Us, John J. Stuhr utilizes the
thought of American philosopher and psychologist William James to
develop an original world view that addresses both enduring
philosophical problems and contemporary cultural issues. Drawing on
and illuminating the entirety of James's work, Stuhr explores
James's psychology, his account of religious experience and his
"will to believe" thesis, his pragmatism, his radical empiricism,
his pluralism, and his writing on politics, democracy, and
imperialism. Throughout, Stuhr engages the wide-ranging scholarship
on James's philosophy and explores connections between James and
the work of Bergson, Deleuze, Dewey, Peirce, Rorty, and Whitehead,
as well as intellectual movements including contemporary democratic
theory, positive psychology, and philosophical naturalism. After
establishing the need to approach James's writings as intimately
interwoven, Stuhr turns to each of James's major texts, including
The Will to Believe, Principles of Psychology, Varieties of
Religious Experience, Pragmatism, The Meaning of Truth, and Essays
in Radical Empiricism. His focus throughout is practical, showing
the concrete differences it makes in one's life should one take up
a broadly Jamesian perspective across the "ever not quite"
endeavors of our finite lives. "From this unsparing practical
ordeal," James noted, "no professor's lectures and no array of
books can save us." In this spirit, this book does not by itself,
promise salvation. Instead, it is a master class not only in the
philosophy of William James but in a new philosophy through James's
thought.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
You might also like..
|
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
