William James Pragmatism in Focus / Edition 1

by Doris Olin

Overview

This book presents William James's Pragmatism together with critical commentary and focuses on the theories of meaning and truth central to Pragmatism. It includes several articles three of which were roughly contemporaneous with the publication of Pragmatism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415040563
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/30/1992
Series:	Philosophers in Focus
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Doris Olin

Table of Contents

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.