This book contains the papers of the Fourth Seminar in American Philosophy that was held in Winterthur, Switzerland, September 3-7, 1973. The subject of the seminar was the Philosophy of William James, which can be described as pragmatism. James himself understood by it »a new name for old ways of thinking« and put life, practice and action in the centre of his thinking – not t...

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This book contains the papers of the Fourth Seminar in American Philosophy that was held in Winterthur, Switzerland, September 3-7, 1973. The subject of the seminar was the Philosophy of William James, which can be described as pragmatism. James himself understood by it »a new name for old ways of thinking« and put life, practice and action in the centre of his thinking – not the thinking itself as he regarded it as a »new« achievement in the development of mankind.

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Contents5
Preface by S. Morris Eames7
1 Notes on Contributors9
2 V. Donald Oliver, James' Cerebra! Dichotomy33
3 David L. Miller, William James and the Specious Present51
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Cover1
Contents5
Preface by S. Morris Eames7
1 Notes on Contributors9
2 V. Donald Oliver, James' Cerebra! Dichotomy33
3 David L. Miller, William James and the Specious Present51
4 John ]. McDermott, A Metaphysics of Relations:James' Anticipation of Contemporary Experience81
5 Edward H. Madden and Peter H. Hare, A Critical Appraisal of James's View of Causality101
7 Keith R. David, Percept and Concept in William James133
8 Gustav Emil Mueller, On William James' "Radical Empiricism"147
9 S. Morris Eames, The Meaning of Truth in William James157
10 Elisabeth F. Flower, The Unity of Knowledgeand Purpose in James' View of Action179
11 Felicia Czerwionka, The Self in William James´ Psychology201
12 George Francis Cronk, James and the Problem of Intersubjectivity: An Interpretative Critique221
13 Abraham Edel, Notes on the Search for a Moral Philosophy in William James245
14 John Albin Broyer, William James' Theory of Education261
15 John K. Roth, William James and Contemporary Religious Thought: The Problem of Evil283
16 Hans F. Geyer, Eight Spotlights on "The Willto Believe" by William James307
17 Gerard Deledalle, William James and his Father: A Study in Characterology317
18 Victor Lowe, The Relation between James and Whitehead331
19 Mohammed Fahdel Jamali, An Appreciation of William James: Philosopher, Psychologist andEducator347
20 Herbert W. Schneider, Healthy Minds with Siek Souls357
Walter Robert Corti, Nachwort379
Bibliography of Writings by and about William Jamesby Charlene Haddock Seigfried385
Index395
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