This 2002 book explores Wittgenstein's long engagement with the
work of the pragmatist William James. In contrast to previous
discussions Russell Goodman argues that James exerted a distinctive
and pervasive positive influence on Wittgenstein's thought. For
example, the book shows that the two philosophers share commitments
to anti-foundationalism, to the description of the concrete details
of human experience, to the priority of practice over intellect,
and to the importance of religion in understanding human life.
Considering in detail what Wittgenstein learnt from his reading of
Principles of Psychology and Varieties of Religious Experience the
author provides considerable evidence for Wittgenstein's claim that
he is saying 'something that sounds like pragmatism'. This
provocative account of the convergence in the thinking of two major
philosophers usually considered as members of discrete traditions
will be eagerly sought by students of Wittgenstein, William James,
pragmatism and the history of twentieth-century philosophy.
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