William James Pragmatism in Focus

ISBN-13: 9780415755368 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 264 str.

Doris Olin

Opis

The original 1907 text is accompanied with a series of critical essays from scholars including Moore and Russell. In the introduction Olin evaluates the strength of the criticisms made against James.

Spis treści

Preface Acknowledgements -- INTRODUCTION /Doric Olin -- PRAGMATISM /William James -- I The Present Dilemma in Philosophy -- II What Pragmatism Means -- III Some Metaphysical Problems Pragmatically Considered -- IV The One and the Many -- V Pragmatism and Common Sense -- VI _ Pragmatism's Conception of Truth -- VII Pragmatism and Humanism -- VIII Pragmatism and Religion -- MEANING AND METAPHYSICS IN JAMES /Robert G. Meyers -- TRUTH AND ITS VERIFICATION /James Bissett Pratt -- PROFESSOR JAMES'S 'PRAGMATISM' /G. E. Moore -- WILLIAM JAMES'S CONCEPTION OF TRUTH /Bertrand Russell -- NOTES ON THE PRAGMATIC THEORY OF TRUTH /Moreland Perkins -- WAS WILLIAM JAMES TELLING THE TRUTH AFTER ALL? /D. C. Phillips -- Index.

O autorze

Doris Olin