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Pragmatism and Other Writings (Penguin Classics)
by William James (Editor: Giles Gunn) (Introduction: Giles Gunn)
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Penguin Classics (2000-04-01)
ISBN: 0140437355
EAN: 9780140437355
Dewy Decimal #: 191
Paperback: 400 pages
Release Date: 2000-04-03
SKU: 07110265
Condition: Like New As issued n
Comments: Paperback. Like new condition with no markings and no creases to spine or cover. Very slight wear to cover. Near fine copy.
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Product Description
A collection of defining documents from one of America's most influential thinkers.
Marked by a rare combination of penetrating thought and virtuosic style, the writings of William James represent one of America's most original contributions to the history of ideas. Ranging from philosophy and psychology to religion and politics, James composed the most engaging formulation of American pragmatism. This collection presents Pragmatism in its entirety, James's seminal set of lectures in which he argues in his witty and limpid style for the "reasonableness of ordinary experience." Also gathered here are selections from James's other formative works, including The Meaning of Truth, Psychology, The Will to Believe, and Talks to Teachers on Psychology. Throughout these essays the fecund power of imagination is restored to the operations of rationality by James, whom George Santayana hailed as "an impulsive poet: a master in the art of recording or divining the lyric quality of experience."
Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Giles Gunn
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