William James : essays and lectures /
Kamber, Richard.
Kolak, Daniel.
New York : Pearson Longman,
c2007.
"Part of the "Longman Library of Primary Sources in Philosophy," this edition of the William James' Selected Essays is framed by a pedagogical structure designed to make this important work of philosophy more accessible and meaningful for undergraduates. Each work in the Longman Library is priced so that a number of works can be assigned in the same course, and/or bundled with a text or anthology."--Publisher's website.
"Part of the "Longman Library of Primary Sources in Philosophy," this edition of the William James' Selected Essays is framed by a pedagogical structure designed to make this important work of philosophy more accessible and meaningful for undergraduates. Each work in the Longman Library is priced so that a number of works can be assigned in the same course, and/or bundled with a text or anthology."--Publisher's website.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-289).
I. William James: an American Socrates -- II. Pragmatism and the aims of philosophy -- A. Introduction -- B. Readings -- 1. What pragmatism means (Pragmatism, lecture II) -- 2. Some metaphysical problems pragmatically considered (Pragmatism, lecture III) -- 3. Philosophy and its critics (Some problems of philosophy, chapter 1) -- III. The pragmatic conception of truth -- A. Introduction -- B. Readings -- 1. Pragmatism's conception of truth (Pragmatism, lecture VI) -- 2. The tigers in India (The meaning of truth, chapter II) -- 3. The meaning of the word truth (The meaning of truth, chapter IX) -- 4. A dialogue (The meaning of truth, chapter XV) -- IV. Perception and reality -- A. Introduction -- B. Readings -- 1. Does consciousness exist? (Essays in radical empiricism) -- 2. How two minds can know one thing (Essays in radical empiricism) -- 3. The confidences of a psychical researcher (Memories and studies) -- V. Religion -- A. Introduction -- B. Readings -- 1. Answers to a questionnaire (The letters of William James) -- 2. The will to believe (The will to believe) -- 3. Religion and neurology (The varieties of religious experience, Lecture I) -- 4. Postscript (The varieties of religious experience) -- VI. Ethics -- A. Introduction -- B. Readings -- 1. "The moral philosopher and the moral life" (The will to believe) -- 2. "Is life worth living?" (The will to believe) -- 3. "The moral equivalent of war" (Memories and studies) -- References.
James, William, 1842-1910.
William James.