In May 1908 William James, a gifted and popular lecturer, delivered
a series of eight Hibbert lectures at Manchester College, Oxford,
on "The Present Situation in Philosophy." These were published a
year later as "A Pluralistic Universe,"
During the preceding decade James, as he struggled with deep
conflicts within his own philosophic development, had become
increasingly preoccupied with epistemological and metaphysical
issues. He saw serious inadequacies in the forms of absolute and
monistic idealism dominant in England and the United States, and he
used the lectures to attack the specific form that "vicious
intellectualism" had taken.
In "A Pluralistic Universe" James captures a new philosophic
vision, at once intimate and realistic. He shares with his readers
a view of the universe that is fresh, active, and novel. The
message conveyed is as relevant today as it was in his time.
Supervised by a team of scholars, each a specialist in his
field, "The Works of William James" fills the long-standing need
for an authoritative, standard edition of the philosopher's works.
The General Editor and supervisor of the project is Frederick
Burkhardt. Mr. Burkhardt, formerly a professor of philosophy and
then a college president, is President Emeritus of the American
Council of Learned Societies. The Textual Editor, Fredson Bowers,
Linden Kent Professor of English at the University of Virginia, is
in charge of the establishment of the text and its production
according to standards of the Center for Editions of American
Authors. Gold Medalist of the Bibliographical Society, Fellow of
the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and Corresponding Fellow
of The British Academy, Mr.Bowers is the author of two books on the
theory and practice of textual criticism and editor of several
multivolume critical editions. Ignas K. Skrupskelis, the Associate
Editor, contributes the substantive notes. He is Associate
Professor of Philosophy at the University of South Carolina and has
conducted extensive research in the James collection.
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