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The Unity of William James's Thought (Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy)
Wesley Cooper
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Hardcover. Opposing the traditional view of James as fragmented or populist, Cooper explores the metaphysical levels of pure experience and that of science and everyday life in his writings in order to argue that there is a systematic philosophy to be found in James's work. Series: Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy. Num Pages: 272 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HPCD; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
No philosopher's writing is more charming that James's. Few philosophers have been subjected to such intense psychological speculation as James. Fewer still have had so many non-philosophical stages to their careers. For all of these reasons, professional philosophers are wary of his philosophy, which is typically dismissed as fragmented or merely popular. Wesley Cooper opposes this traditional view, arguing instead that there is a systematic philosophy to be found in James's writings. His doctrine of pure experience is the binding thread that links his earlier psychological theorizing to his later epistemological, religious, and pragmatic concerns. To make this case as ... Read more
No philosopher's writing is more charming that James's. Few philosophers have been subjected to such intense psychological speculation as James. Fewer still have had so many non-philosophical stages to their careers. For all of these reasons, professional philosophers are wary of his philosophy, which is typically dismissed as fragmented or merely popular. Wesley Cooper opposes this traditional view, arguing instead that there is a systematic philosophy to be found in James's writings. His doctrine of pure experience is the binding thread that links his earlier psychological theorizing to his later epistemological, religious, and pragmatic concerns. To make this case as ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Vanderbilt University Press
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Series
Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Tennessee, United States
ISBN
9780826513878
SKU
V9780826513878
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About Wesley Cooper
Wesley Cooper is professor of philosophy at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. In addition to his interest in James, he is working on a neo-pragmatic theory of rational belief and rational choice. The philosophy of computing and cyberculture is his philosophical hobby.
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