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William James in Focus : Willing to Believe

By William J. Gavin; Professor and Chair William J Gavin

Book information

Publisher
Indiana University Press
Year
2013
ISBN
9780253007957, 9780253007865
LCC
B945.J24G385 2013
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
1 MB (1155237 bytes)
Series
American Philosophy Ser.
Pages
131\0
Time added
2023-08-04 01:37:36
JamesWilliam; PHI016000; PHI020000; PHI046000

Description

William James (1842-1910) is a canonical figure of American pragmatism. Trained as a medical doctor, James was more engaged by psychology and philosophy and wrote a foundational text, Pragmatism, for this characteristically American way of thinking. Distilling the main currents of James's thought, William J. Gavin focuses on "latent" and "manifest" ideas in James to disclose the notion of "will to believe," which courses through his work. For students who may be approaching James for the first time and for specialists who may not know James as deeply as they wish, Gavin provides a clear path to understanding James's philosophy even as he embraces James's complications and hesitations.

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